Credit unions are no different than any other human organization where jammed-packed schedules and agendas as well as life's ups and downs can rattle everyone loose from the very foundation on which the organization was established.

Such preoccupations and distractions can act like a cancer, disjoining everyone from the critical operating principles and core values that give purpose and identity to the credit union. Lose touch with those principles and values, and the credit union stands the danger of losing touch with its heart and soul.

A sure way to mitigate such risk is to develop and set in place a few practices that can help keep the organization anchored securely to its heritage and roots.

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