by Matt Monge | Branding, Culture, Leadership, Learning and Development, Marketing, Strategic Planning, Strategy
GROWING PAINS Growing Pains. Or…growing pains. Ah, now didn’t those two things bring two very different visceral responses? The former was a beloved, if not a bit cheesy in retrospect, sitcom chronicling the exploits of the Seaver family, of Long Island, New...
by Matt Monge | Leadership
GREAT LEADERSHIP FOR TOUGH TIMES Talk about tough times. Man. This is craziness, right? Never has the need for great leadership been more clear. I mean, what in the great wide world is going on? (And yes, I realize that answers may vary depending on your cable news...
by Colleen Cormier | Leadership
The 2014 goals for your financial institution are probably already set. Hopefully, many of those goals involve changing your bank or credit union. Because if you are not changing, you are not growing. But your goals maybe should go beyond just changing your financial...
by Colleen Cormier | Leadership
We make a lot of excuses at credit unions and banks, especially when it comes to a lack of growth. But excuses are crutches. It’s time we stop using crutches and start walking into growth. As Jason Jennings, author of The Reinventors, says, “Instead of accepting...
by Colleen Cormier | Leadership
“Change before you have to.” – Jack Welch Most businesses and industries, at some point, run the risk of slowing down and stagnating. Bereft of new ideas and fresh blood, they face a slow downward spiral that descends from excellence to mediocrity and...
by Colleen Cormier | Leadership
When it comes to change, most credit unions and banks move slow. Like glacial slow. We conduct focus groups, we examine reams and reams of MCIF and demographic reports and we talk about issues without resolving them. A great deal of “blah, blah, blah.” Your credit...
