Be the Leader You Mean to Be

We're so excited about our upcoming June Credit Union Management cover story that we couldn't wait to share an excerpt with you. And give you one more chance to sign up for an amazing course--it starts May 7--that will help you explore all of these ideas. Read on.

By Jamie Swedberg

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Supervisory Committees Function Well, But...

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Principal/Founder
Quantum Governance L3C

Just like CUs and their boards, supervisory committees must change with the times.

By Michael G. Daigneault, CCD

We survey a lot of credit union board members. And generally most will say they are pretty satisfied with the job their supervisory committee is doing. In fact, of the five areas on which we survey (vision, mission and strategy; board structure and composition; fiduciary oversight; governance and leadership; and supervisory committee), fiduciary oversight and supervisory committee usually are the two highest-scoring areas.

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Must Leaders Always Focus on the Summit?

World-renowned mountain climber Alison Levine says leaders sometimes just have to put one foot in front of the other.

Life isn't just about making it to the top, but "about the lessons you learned along the way, about knowing how to weather the storm," says Alison Levine in the video below. In the five-minute clip, Levine talks with insight and humor about leaders and their tolerance for failure. A famous mountaineer and author of On the Edge: The Art of High-Impact Leadership,

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