GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.–CU*Answers held its annual 2016 “CEO Strategies Week” here with CEOs from 45 credit unions from across the country on hand for three days of collaboration, learning, and direct peer interactions aimed specifically at credit union CEOs.
The week included a half-day CEO Collaboration Workshop, where this year CEOs brainstormed on giving CUs more of a voice in prioritizing projects and allocating CUSO resources, and moving from data awareness to data engagement within the network, CU*Answers reported. Next, the one-day CEO School gave CEOs a chance to learn about CU*BASE tools from the perspective of the CU*Answers CEO, Randy Karnes.
The central point of the week’s events was the CEO Roundtable, at which CEOs spent a day interacting with their peers, discussing in a roundtable format topics ranging from business plans to technology trends, the CUSO said.
CU*Answers said that although it holds many different learning and collaboration events all year long, CEO Strategies is unique in that it is designed only for credit union CEOs, a forum that encourages more open and frank interactions with other professionals who share the same day-to-day challenges.
“We do offer a special mid-year CEO School that’s open to up-and-comers who one day might sit in the CEO’s chair, but this week is truly for CEOs who want to learn from each other in a unique way,” said Karnes about the CEO-only restriction that has been a part of the event since its inception nearly a decade ago.
For more information, visit the CU*Answers’ website.