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Meet the 2014 CUES Next Top Credit Union Exec Top 15
Online voters and a panel of past finalists narrowed the CUES Next Top Credit Union Exec field from 24 to the Top 15 applicants. The challenge, held in conjunction with DDJ Myers and administered by Currency, searches for emerging leaders age 35 and under from within the credit union industry.
The Top 15 are blogging about their project on www.nexttopcreditunionexec.com/blog. And to provide additional value to the competition experience, they’ll each receive an executive coaching session from DDJ Myers, a CUES Supplier member and strategic provider. A judging panel of two CUES members and Deedee Myers of DDJ Myers will then score the Top 15’s applications and blog posts, narrowing the competition to five finalists.
The five finalists will receive additional coaching, airfare, accommodation and registration to CUES’ CEO/Executive Team Network™, Nov. 2-5 in Amelia Island, Fla., where they will give their final presentations. The 2014 CUES Next Top Credit Union Exec will receive further coaching, airfare, accommodation and registration for two CUES’ CEO Institutes, a total prize package valued at $20,000.
For the next several weeks, we’ll be checking in with the Top 15 to see how their project is going and learn a bit more about these next generation leaders.
Chris Boler
AVP/Sales and Service
$1.5 billion ORNL Federal Credit Union
Oak Ridge, Tenn.
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Watch Chris’s CUES Next Top Credit Union Exec video
Give us the elevator speech about your project (as in how would you describe your project to someone you meet in an elevator?):
The plan utilizes comprehensive weighted metrics to rank front-line staff, thus increasing awareness of production, accuracy, loss mitigation, member service and ancillary products, i.e. accountability. It then provides rewards for the top-ranked and most-improved employees in the form of experiences they may not otherwise have had, such as tickets to amusement parks or dinner cruises. For the top-ranked employees for the year, we are going to provide them with a top notch Credit Union Advocacy experience, thus increasing their overall awareness of the CU Industry and ability to serve our members.
What is your long-term career goal?
CEO/COO/Industry Advocate
Fill in the dots: The future of credit unions will be bright if ...
We continually attract and retain fresh talent into the industry and then give them the opportunities to grow and innovate.
What my generation brings to the credit union movement is …
People consider me a leader because I am willing to do whatever, whenever with a positive attitude. I believe in being the quarterback and not the coach. Coaches yell from the sidelines. Quarterbacks lead their team in the trenches. I believe in having fun and inspiring others to challenge the status quo and be the absolute best version of themselves.
Who is your hero and why?
My father and father-in-law. Both are great examples of the characteristics I want to possess as a man, father, husband and business man. My father is the hardest working man I have ever known. He worked tirelessly to provide for us growing up, mostly manual labor. My father-in-law is a free spirit who doesn't allow age to define his mindset or activity level.
Must follow on Twitter?
Blake Shelton, Dale JR, Donald Trump, Ellen, Brad Paisley, ORNL FCU, Cooperative Trust, and of course CUES!
Does your credit union have Twitter/Facebook/YouTube/Pinterest/LinkedIn/Instagram other social media accounts?
What is your favorite CUES member benefit? Or, if you are a new CUES NextGen member, what benefit are you most looking forward to using?
I enjoy the articles I receive via email and social media. I also enjoy the CUES Greater Southern Council Sales and Service conference in Nashville each year.
