VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.–CEOs who retire from successful credit unions take both memories and institutional knowledge with them. To capture some of that knowledge, CUToday.info’s The Corner features Ron Burniske, who is retiring after a 31-year career in management at Chartway FCU, including as CEO, and who shares his thoughts, lessons learned, and other observations.
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HERNDON, Va.–Quick wins can seem wonderful, but they are also short-lived. That’s just one lesson learned during his career by Chris McDonald, president/CEO of the $2.8-billion Northwest FCU. Below Mr. McDonald shares his insights as part of CUToday.info’s The Corner.
CARROLTON, Texas–Mark Arnold is an popular speaker, brand expert and strategic planner. He is also president of On The Mark Strategies, a consulting firm specializing in branding and strategic planning. Arnold’s blog was recently recognized as one of the top 20 blogs in the country for financial marketing. Below, Arnold shares his thoughts as part of CUToday.info’s The Corner.
Do you have opponents in your organization? What’s your strategy for dealing with them? In this excerpt from the book “Leadership Without Easy Answers” by Ronald A. Heifetz, Heifetz joins with Marty Linsky, both members of the faculty at John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, to discuss the issue.
In “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team,” author Patrick Lencioni examines all the issues that interfere with teamwork. Below is an excerpt from the book, featured here as part of CUToday.info’s The Corner series, which focuses on leadership and management.
CUToday.info’s The Corner is dedicated to examining the leadership and management. This week we feature the writing of Gautam Mukunda, an assistant professor in the Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School and author of the book “Indespensible: When Leaders Really Matter.”
NEW YORK–Albert Einstein is known for his genius in theoretical physics, and most especially for his formula for mass-energy equivalence, E=mc2.
HOUSTON—“Confidence” doesn’t mean a leader is confident that he or she knows everything; in fact, it’s often the opposite. Below Gary Walston, co-founder of Dolphin Debit Access, elaborates on that point and others as part The Corner series of interviews in CUToday.info
HOUSTON—There is a big difference between management and leadership, and recognizing that often requires time spent at the School of Hard Knocks. That and other observations are shared here by David Bleazard, president/CEO of First Service Credit Union as part of CUToday.info’s “The Corner.”
MUSKEGO, Wis.—CUToday.info is preparing to unveil an extensive series of articles offering a vision on where credit unions will be in five years, and what foresight might help to get them there, called Credit Unions 20/20. Below, Bob Fouch, CEO of Corporate Central in Muskego, Wis., whose views will be featured in that upcoming series, shares his thoughts on leadership of a different kind.