Women to Watch

• Women Entrepreneurs Face Higher Operating Costs, Slimmer Margins: Biz2Credit

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  March 28, 2013

  Biz2Credit financing match firm also finds loan approval rates 15% to 20% lower for female-owned companies.

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  Women to Watch: Undaunted, VP Chambers Meets Challenges Head On

  By Myriam DiGiovanni  |  March 20, 2013

  While you can’t predict the future, Wanda Chambers, senior vice president of payment services at Suncoast Schools Federal Credit Union, believes in being prepared for it.

• Cast A Wider Net in Networking

  March 19, 2013

  Women are good at networking with other women.

• Go Toward Your Fear, Do Less, And Five More Surprising Leadership Lessons For Women

  March 18, 2013

  Surprising leadership lessons for women.

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  Succession Planning: Transformation not Transition

  By Russell J. White  |  March 18, 2013

  The best criteria for finding your next CEO is finding the best fit between what the credit union must do strategically and the person who can transform the credit union in the near future.

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  Boomer Drain Sets Stage for New Female Horizons: Editor/Publisher's Column

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  March 14, 2013

  Don't let these leaders stray from the credit union community, one of the most inclusive industries in existence.

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  Bell-Bottomed Boards Bode Disconnect With Members

  By Eileen M. Courter  |  March 8, 2013

  If your board members owned eight-track cassette players, remember the moon landing and use Touch of Gray, Jim McCormack thinks you may have a problem.

• How Serious Play Leads To Breakthrough Innovation

  March 4, 2013

  Takeaways from Creative Intelliegence by Bruce Nussbaum.

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  Not for CEOs: Succession Planning Means More Than Just Replacing People

  By David Morrison  |  March 4, 2013

  Executives hold forth on what succession planning means to them in Not for CEOs gathering at GAC.

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  Heard in the Halls at the GAC: Editor/Publisher's Column

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  February 28, 2013

  Credit unions complain now about their regulatory load, but the CFPB is just getting warmed up, and the NCUA will have more to come as well.