by Taylor W. Wells | Branding, Strategic Planning
An old adage goes, “The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago; the next best time is today.” You could easily say the same for strategic planning (although we certainly hope the strategic plans at your credit unions or community banks...
by Taylor W. Wells | Strategic Planning
Boxing legend Mike Tyson once famously said “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” Sound familiar for your community bank or credit union strategic plan? For most credit unions and community banks, this thought is extremely...
by Mark Arnold | Strategic Planning
Your strategic plan created last fall is more than likely in a trashcan somewhere. Thank you, COVID-19. Strategic plans are one of the many casualties left in the pandemic’s wake. While situations have certainly changed, the need for a strategic plan has not....
by Mark Arnold | Strategy
This post by Mark Arnold originally appeared on cutimes.com. COVID-19 is one of the biggest challenges of our time. The pandemic’s health threat and death rate are the likes of which we have not seen in generations. And of course we are likely to feel the...
by Mark Arnold | Leadership
One of the funniest memes I saw recently was this one: Funny. Sad. True. When we were planning for 2020 in 2019, no one could have foreseen the pandemic or its devastating economic impact. But the “new normal” is that we’re now living in an...
by Taylor W. Wells | Strategic Planning
How many people attend your credit union or bank’s strategic planning session? Ten? Twelve? More? Regardless of the number of voices, have you ever paused to really consider just how many are actually heard? By “heard” I mean people that, either on...
by Elizabeth Arnold | Leadership
It’s 2020! A new year! A new decade! Get excited people! Such is the theme of many articles this week. You’ve likely read at least one of them, and yes, we’ve written a few of them ourselves. But as you’re getting set for this new year, new decade and...
by Mark Arnold | Strategic Planning
As you age, you tend to think more about your eyesight and vision. It’s only natural that the older we get the quality of how we see tends to diminish. Whether you are already wearing corrective lenses or “readers” it’s only a matter of time before your lenses get...