Educational Resources

• Recruiting Board Members (Article)
  In the January/February issue of The Federal Credit Union Magazine, Michael D. Sessions, Ph.D., senior vice president of DDJ Myers, goes over tips for success when recruiting board members. Learn about open and closed recruiting methods, and how to have a seamless transition when on-boarding a new board member.
• Credit Union Industry Experts: What's in Store for 2013 (Blog Post)
  For our year-end blog post I asked our Preferred Partners to tell us what they see coming over the horizon, from their perspective, that credit union executives need to be focused on and/or prepared for as we head into 2013. Looking back a year, I see some common themes—revenue issues, economic uncertainty, regulatory uncertainty, and political uncertainty. Read more of this NAFCU Services Blog post.
• Succession Planning for Small to Mid-Sized Credit Unions (Case Study)
  The board of a mid-sized credit union recognized how the impending planned retirement of their long-term CEO would produce a vacuum in future leadership. Their concern was "do any of the remaining senior managers embody the leadership capacity and capability to lead our credit union?" Learn more about how these problems and more were solved with the help of DDJ Myers in the case study.
  
• Succession Planning for Large Credit Unions (Case Study)
  The leadership of a large credit union recognized the planned retirement of their core executive leadership -- the top three executives -- was going to occur within 16 months of one another.  These leaders all had substantial tenure (20+ years) at this organization and represented a key brain-trust.  Further analysis revealed that there were 14 executives departing over a three year period, a substantial loss of leadership capital. This case study reveals how these and other problems were solved with the help of DDJ Myers.
• Shifting to a Practice of Creativity and Innovation in 2012 (Blog Post)
  As 2011 has come to a close, I am reflecting on the commitment and hard work I witnessed throughout the year. The past few years have been a struggle and challenge which produced a sense of hyper-alertness. With so many of us in a constant state of alertness, we have worked hard to sustain the health of our organizations. Read more of this NAFCU Services Blog post.
• Benchmarking: Recruiting, Retaining and Developing Talent (Webcast)
  Developing talent is one of the most important roles you have as a leader and manager of your credit union. You are accountable for attracting, retaining and transitioning employees within the credit union in order to help foster a successful and satisfied workforce. In this webcast we discuss how to draw out what another needs and desires and how to lead so that they experience meaningful success.
• Generative Conversation: Learn How to Lead Collaborative Teams (Webcast)
  As leaders in your credit union, it is your responsibility to organize skills and talents of others in order to generate an observable outcome. An important part of that task includes effectively guiding your team through collaborative conversations that create new ideas, options and actions for positive results. In this webcast we explore how to lead generative conversation in order to boost the success of your team and ultimately of the credit union as a whole.

News

• DDJ Myers Adds Executive Search and Recruitment Services to NAFCU Services Preferred Partner Program (May 13, 2013)
  WASHINGTON—NAFCU Services Corporation announced today that DDJ Myers, Ltd. has expanded its Preferred Partner Program offerings to include executive search and recruitment services, following a rigorous review by the member-run NAFCU Services Advisory Committee. Executive search and recruitment services enable credit unions to create sustainable leadership teams with exemplary skills and the ability to effectively lead in diverse economic and political environments. This addition complements DDJ Myers' Leadership Training Solution, already offered through the Preferred Partner Program. 
• Free Webcast Reveals How to Use Benchmarking to Foster a High-Performing Workforce (March 30, 2010)
  WASHINGTON — NAFCU Services Corporation (www.nafcu.org/nafcuservices) and DDJ Myers, Ltd., the NAFCU Services Preferred Partner for a range of credit union leadership and executive development training solutions, announced today the release of a free webcast that outlines a clear and distinctive process for benchmarking jobs at credit unions in order to foster a successful, satisfied and high-performing workforce.

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