2025 Elevating Credit Union Leaders: Transforming Managers Into Visionary Leaders - Conference Series

Expand Your Impact: The Elevating Credit Union Leaders Series is your opportunity to grow into an influential leader, with a focus on the unique challenges and opportunities within credit unions.

Participants in this four-part conference series will engage in a variety of leadership development discussions, including evolving from managers to mentors, identifying and overcoming leadership challenges, and strategic communication techniques. This series will explore the mindset required for effective leadership and the crucial qualities that define successful leaders, all designed to empower attendees to achieve their full potential in leadership roles.

Speakers include Mark Arnold, Founder & CEO of On the Mark Strategies, and Shawn M. Temple, Strategy Director for On the Mark Strategies. Both experts bring extensive experience in branding, strategy, and leadership development.

Session One:

• Transformational Leadership
  • Teaches how a manager and mentor are different. Discuss practical tips for developing other leaders and building a real bench.
• A Mind for Leadership
  • Having a mind focused on leadership. Your thoughts determine your actions and results.
• Mindset Views
  • Removing the need to be in control; transitioning from hero to guide.
• Levels of Leadership
  • From John Maxwell’s “Developing the Leader Within You.” The journey about why people follow you: position to personhood.

Session One Agenda:

*Subject to change*
 

Additional session details coming soon!

Series Schedule:

All virtual sessions will be recorded. 

Zoom link will be sent out to attendees one-day prior to the session.

Who Should Attend?

Existing managers, supervisors, mid-level managers, young professionals, and emerging leaders

 
Educational Investment:

This is a four-part conference series. Individual session registration is not available.

• Credit Unions Up to $100 Million in Assets - $500 per person
• Credit Unions Over $100 Million in Assets - $1,000 per person

The New York Credit Union Foundation is proud to support New York credit unions with up to $100 million in assets by underwriting this special rate on Association events. To learn more about the Foundation and its programs, click here.

 
Registration Deadline: March 7, 2025

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• Professional Development Grant Opportunities

Speakers:

Mark Arnold, Founder & CEO, On the Mark Strategies
Mark Arnold is an acclaimed speaker and expert in branding, training and strategic marketing for credit unions. Mark helps credit unions and banks achieve their goals with insight and energized training. Speaking regularly to audiences around the country, his many topics including branding, marketing, strategy, leadership, personal growth and generational issues. His breadth of knowledge connects with audiences for keynotes, breakouts and training events. Mark is the author of “Marked for Success: Daily Ideas to Help Your Financial Institution Succeed,” “Think Huge: How To Elevate Your Life and Your Business”,“My Best Service Ever” and “Marketing Across the Generations: Gen. X”. He serves as founder/president of On the Mark Strategies, a consulting firm specializing in branding and strategic planning.

Shawn M. Temple, Strategy Director, On the Mark Strategies
Shawn Temple has served the credit union industry since 1996, holding positions in both upper and middle management across lending, operations, compliance, marketing, training, and project management.
 

Since joining On The Mark Strategies in 2021, Shawn has facilitated many strategic planning sessions for credit unions of all sizes, working with their management staff and boards of directors to create actionable strategic plans. He is also a certified Working Genius facilitator and has led teams of all experience levels through leadership training and organizational alignment programs. 
 

Shawn’s background includes serving as a credit union Chief Operating Officer, where he directed multiple divisions as well as planned, implemented, and managed strategic objectives for the credit union. He has facilitated four mergers and led two core conversions, the construction and opening of two branches, multiple debit and credit card conversions, as well as several online and mobile banking platform conversions.
 

Shawn has served as a faculty member for Southwest CUNA Management School after graduating from the school in 2009. He has been certified by CUNA as a Credit Union Compliance Expert (CUCE). Shawn holds a B.S. in Accounting and a Master of Business Administration from Louisiana State University Shreveport. 

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Cancellation Policy:

A refund of the amount paid, less an $230 administrative fee per registrant, will be given for all cancellations submitted via email to events.training@nycua.org ten or more business days prior to the start of the session. No refunds will be granted if the cancellation is received after that time frame. Substitutes will be accepted any time prior to the start of the program at no additional cost. Simply email events.training@nycua.org, listing the new participant and who they will be replacing.
 

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