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About Us Progress is the constant replacing of the best there is with something still better! — Edward A. Filene The Filene Research Institute provides credit unions with research, future-focused thinking, and practical innovations to enable them to prosper today while preparing for tomorrow’s opportunities. The name of the Institute honors Edward A. Filene, founder of the Filene’s Department Store chain, who is considered the father of the United States credit union system. Since the Filene Research Institute’s inception in 1989, this 501(c)(3) not-for-profit institute has collaborated with over 100 academic institutions and credit union system partners to publish hundreds of research studies. The entire research and innovation library is available online at filene.org. Copyright © 2012 by Filene Research Institute. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A.
Acknowledgments Filene would like to thank CUNA Mutual Group for its generous support of the Cooperative Trust. This innovation brief is just one result of CUNA Mutual’s commitment to the future of credit unions. A deep debt of gratitude is owed to the Cooperative Trust (formerly the Crash Network), a national network of young credit union professionals devoted to the preparation of the next generation of credit union leaders. Though the idea and passion for this project were mine, the Cooperative Trust provided the networking opportunities necessary to identify willing and meaningful contributors for the case studies as well as the accountability necessary to push the project forward. Foremost, I am grateful for the contributions of Devin Selte, my Canadian counterpart from Servus Credit Union, headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta. Devin’s success with the Servus Young Leaders Network (SYLN) has been so phenomenal that it has received international attention. Devin himself has been recognized as the 2011 Credit Union Executive Society (CUES) Next Top Credit Union Executive award winner and one of the 12 Credit Union Times Trailblazers 40 Below award winners for 2011, in recognition of his success with the SYLN. Devin has been privileged to travel to Europe and Australia to participate in conferences related to credit union emerging leadership. Second, I would like to thank Aaron Burnham for providing information related to the leadership training program at Credit Union of Southern California (CU SoCal). Aaron’s willingness to provide policies and procedures from CU SoCal’s program, as well as describing his personal experience in the program, was instrumental to developing that case study. Finally, I was pleased to have the privilege of working alongside Brian Stearns as he provided feedback and edits on the various working drafts of this brief. Brian’s passion for developing the qualities of success in his coworkers and his desire to create a collaborative team among the up-and- coming leadership at his credit union is a credit to his servant’s heart. Brian has extensive experience in leadership through academic, community service, and church organizations and has worked to bring his experience from these endeavors to a leadership program within Farmers Insurance Group FCU. iii
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