By Mary Arnold

By Lisa Hochgraf

Remember the story of the Little Engine That Could? The little engine's mantra of "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can" is credited for helping him over the big hill, pulling all the dolls and toys. Surely he couldn't have made it had he been puffing, "I think I can't."

By Fred Johnson

Posted by Lisa Hochgraf

By Dale Schumacher

By Lisa Hochgraf

CUES Annual Convention has always been a favorite director development conference. Slated for June 21-23 in Orlando, this year's event promises to be "non-stop" in a couple of key ways.

Non-stop travel. Many people will be able to get to CUES Annual Convention on a direct flight. (Even I can do this from my cute little airport here in Rochester, N.Y.!)

By Tim McAlpine

Graduate from university, get an entry level position and make your way up through the ranks to the executive suite. Put in the time toiling in your cube and someday the corner office with the view of the parking lot will be yours. That's how it works in the credit union industry. Right?

That's one way, but there might be another path worth considering.

Posted by Lisa Hochgraf

This morning my senior vice president, Barb Kachelski, added a new word to my lexicon: think-o.

According to Barb, a think-o is "like a typo but the totally wrong word." So if you say paradise instead of paradox, for example, that's a think-o.

I e-mailed Barb saying  I loved the new term and planned to use it--often.

When Barb e-mailed back, she changed my world. "May it foster a culture of learning!" she wrote.

By Lisa Hochgraf

Everyone at CUES is singing the praises of Bill Cheney this week, excited about his upcoming role as president/CEO of CUNA.

CUES and Cheney, currently president/CEO of the California/Nevada Credit Union League, go way back, and all the stories are good.

We first knew him as an up-and-coming credit union executive, who quickly stepped into the top slot at then Xerox Federal Credit Union (which has locations here in Rochester, N.Y., near this telecommuter's home office, and is now called Xceed Financial.)