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Board Governance

Engineering the Boardroom: Key Takeaways from the 2026 Directors Roundtable

Boards often try to solve structural problems with personality, and human execution breakdowns with static manuals. Here is the blueprint for engineering the boardroom and aligning risk psychology.

NCUA

The NCUA Trap: Why "Positive" Metrics Mask Structural Vulnerabilities

The NCUA Map Review asks if the industry is surviving today; the CU HealthScore asks if it is structured to thrive tomorrow. Here is why "positive" raw ratios mask deeper structural threats.

Strategy

Building the Execution Engine: How to Separate Key Health Indicators from OKRs

Learn how to separate your credit union's Key Health Indicators from strategic OKRs to cure initiative fatigue and drive execution.

Speaking Event

Event Announcement: 2027 Director's Strategy and Credit Union Performance Conference

Tom Glatt leads a four-hour governance curriculum at the 2027 Director's Strategy and Credit Union Performance Conference this April in San Antonio.

Strategic Execution

Defining Adaptive Velocity: The Architecture of Strategic Execution

Execution relies entirely on an institution's adaptive velocity. Learn how to locate strategic bottlenecks across the sensing, deciding, and acting phases of execution.

Adaptive Velocity

Governing Adaptive Velocity: Aligning the Boardroom with Strategic Speed

High executive speed stalls against slow governance. Learn how to structure board oversight to support adaptive velocity and eliminate decision latency.

Living Strategy

Strategic Realignment: Rethinking the Business Model Canvas in an Unaffordable Housing Market

As homeownership grows increasingly out of reach for younger demographics, credit union leaders must evaluate whether their business model canvas relies too heavily on mortgage lending at the expense of member relevance.

Leadership

Is Your CEO Ready for the Next Credit Cycle? The Answer Isn’t on the Balance Sheet.

A credit union’s balance sheet is a psychological artifact. To know if your CEO is ready for the next credit cycle, boards must look beyond past financial metrics and evaluate their risk disposition and emotional intelligence.

Speaking Event

Secure Your Seat for Lake Tahoe: Early Bird Rates for "Critical Skills"

Planning your Q3 board education? Register for the "Critical Skills" workshop in Lake Tahoe by May 14 to lock in the Early Bird rate and save $100.

Conference Recap

Day 1 Recap: Strategy, Risk, and the ROI of Hospitality

We wrapped up Day 1 of the CU Educational Cruise. Discover why static strategy is dead, how your board's risk bias drives decisions, and why "Radical Localism" is the future of the branch.

Strategy

Employee Happiness Isn't a Perk. It's a Strategic Outcome.

Credit unions are spending fortunes on wellness perks to fix burnout. But the cure for burnout isn't a perk; it's a purpose. Learn why employee happiness is a strategic outcome, not an HR initiative.

Governance

Reputation Risk Isn't Gone, It's Yours: A Board's Guide Post-NCUA Shift

The NCUA recently announced a significant shift in its supervisory framework: it will cease using "reputation risk" as a formal category in examinations. Citing the subjective nature of the assessment, the agency aims to ground its oversight in more data-driven conclusions. While this change streamlines the examination