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 | Leadership
“It’s not in the budget.” “We don’t have the budget for that now.” “We didn’t budget for that item this year.” If you have ever worked in a credit union or bank, you have surely heard those words. Or should I say excuses? Because that is what those phrases...
by Colleen Cormier | Leadership
With three quarters of 2013 behind us, budgets are getting smaller and financial institutions are starting to look at which expenses they can shift to next year. Will external training be one of the first line items your financial institution delays? Many...