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Effective CEOs: What Sets Them Apart?

Effective CEOs: What Sets Them Apart?

by Nick Money | Aug 24, 2021 | Featured, News & Updates, Research Publications

Another new report from CFCFE: Effective CEOs: What Sets Them Apart?. “At a credit union, an effective CEO can mean the difference between flourishing – achieving the goals of member service and financial performance or foundering – at best,...
How to run a virtual AGM

How to run a virtual AGM

by Nick Money | Oct 12, 2020 | News & Updates, Research Publications

In the summer we produced an assessment of the rules around credit unions holding Annual General Meetings (AGMs) online, instead of or – as well as – face-to-face (Virtual AGMs: a guide for credit unions. Part I: the Compliance Issues). Now we are...
Top Performing Credit Union Boards

Top Performing Credit Union Boards

by Nick Money | Sep 29, 2020 | News & Updates, Research Publications

The ability of a board to do its job effectively is a vital feature of a successful credit union. In this paper, the experienced credit union consultant Lucy Harr considers how credit union boards can become high performers and thereby excel in delivering value to...
Virtual AGMs – what’s allowed?

Virtual AGMs – what’s allowed?

by Nick Money | Jul 27, 2020 | News & Updates, Research Publications

Annual General Meetings (AGMs) are critical events in the year of well-governed co-operatives, and credit unions take them very seriously.  Credit union AGMs are traditionally face-to-face meetings, but many are anticipating a challenge to doing theirs in the...
Remuneration of credit union directors

Remuneration of credit union directors

by Nick Money | Dec 17, 2018 | News & Updates, Research Publications

This research paper is published today. This is a ‘hot topic’, and the paper does not advocate for or against the introduction of remuneration for board directors elected from the membership who traditionally have not been been paid. But we are aware that...

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