Advancing Credit Unions Through Leadership Development
The credit union industry requires strong leadership.
For over 60 years, our mission has been to amplify credit unions by developing leaders who meet the unique needs of their organizations and the communities they serve. CUES partners with credit unions to help current and future leaders grow, develop, and succeed at the highest level.
Top 5 Reasons to Join CUES
Now’s the best time to join CUES—here's why:
- Save Big. Early access to your benefits gives you more bang for your buck—the earlier you join, the more time you’ll have to get a jump start on your 2025 professional goals.
- Improve Your Credit Union's Performance. Grow your credit union and gain a return on your most important asset, your people!
- Grow Your Career. A CUES Membership means easy access to continuing education and resources to help you do your job better.
- Find Your Crew. Learn and develop through a vast network of your peers.
- Keep Up on Industry Insights. Stay abreast of pertinent issues that affect the industry.
CUES is for Small Credit Unions Too!
Lower Pricing for CUs Under $149 Million in Assets.
Working at a smaller credit union means having multiple responsibilities and wearing many hats—CUES is here for you.
We make it easy to access quality professional development all in one place and that fits your schedule.
An Unlimited or Unlimited+ group membership means everyone at your credit union can benefit from:
- Harvard ManageMentor — 40+ online leadership development courses from the experts at Harvard Business Review.
- CUES Learning Portal — Easily expand your skillset in any soft skill or leadership topic you can imagine with the newly upgraded CUES Learning Portal, where you’ll find access to top-notch courses and engaging Learning Journeys.
- Online education for board members through CUES Director Education Center.
- CUES Virtual Classroom — Highly interactive online training.
- Our online networking community, CUESNet™, where members connect and share ideas and documents and learn from each other.
Our top tier Unlimited+ group membership also includes:
- CUES Compensation Survey Results — Access results of the annual CUES Executive Compensation Survey and CUES Employee Salary Survey.
- Governance+ — Premium, in-depth education for all your board members, online.
- Board Governance Survey — Quickly and concisely gather honest feedback from all board members.
CUES Benefits
CUES has three membership levels: Individual, Unlimited, and Unlimited+. Explore the benefits of each below.
Individual Membership Benefits
Available to credit union staff or directors.
CUES Learning Portal
Easily expand your skillset in any soft skill or leadership topic you can imagine with CUES Learning Portal, where you’ll find access to top-notch courses and engaging Learning Journeys. Learn more about CUES Learning Portal.
CUESNet
This online networking tool is dedicated to helping you easily connect and share with other CUES members. Plus, you can join communities, discover tips to help you make the most of your membership—and so much more.
Easily access and download credit union policy and procedure documents shared by fellow members, and contribute your own for others to use in the member community library. Members – access CUESNet in the "Key Benefits" section of your myCUES Dashboard.
CUmanagement.com
Stay on top of the latest content at CUmangement.com.
CUES Director Education Center
Increase your competency on critical board topics with continually updated, interactive director education courses. Learn more about CUES Director Education Center.
CUES State of Credit Union Training and Development Report
This whitepaper reports on high-level findings from the CUES Talent Development Survey, and offers four primary action steps to help credit unions overcome the most critical talent development challenges identified in this research. Learn more about the report.
Guide to Effective Mentorship
Build strong, effective mentor relationships, and find tips on ways to find a good match in a mentor with the practical tools found in this guide. Learn more about this guide.
CUES Guide to Effective Board Mentorship
This guide offers actionable tips, strategies, and resources on building a highly effective board-level mentoring program for fostering growth and driving positive change. Learn more about this guide.
Welcome to Credit Union Leadership Guide
Welcome to Credit Union Leadership is a guide for executives who are new to the credit union industry.Use this resource to help you embark on your new career. Learn more about this guide.
CUES Councils
Learn directly from industry experts while connecting with peers at these in-person regional networking events. Plus, you can attend at the special member price!
Webinar Series
Meet your talent development needs anywhere, anytime with live or recorded educational webinars, offering hot topic presentations led by industry experts. Learn more about CUES Webinars.
CUES Virtual Classroom
The closest thing to in-person learning, online! Participants can talk and interact with peers and experts, problem-solve, and build relationships, right from their desk. This is the perfect tool for staff with a limited professional development budget, and a great way to offer learning to up-and-coming employees. View upcoming courses.
Unlimited Membership Benefits
One group rate covers all credit union staff and directors. Includes Individual Membership benefits (above), PLUS:
Harvard ManageMentor
Making a presentation, creating a budget, negotiating a contract—you face challenges like these every day. CUES has partnered with Harvard ManageMentor®, an online resource program which includes more than 40 topics addressing these critical management issues and more. Learn more
CUES Leadership Development Guide
Build your future leadership pipeline by learning how to easily ID the skills you need in high potential future leaders. Then, discover how to help them to realize their own potential. Learn more
Director Onboarding Tool Kit
A must for new board members! This guide explains a board member’s roles and responsibilities, covers credit union philosophy, and discusses board best practices. Learn more
Unlimited+ Membership Benefits
One group rate covers all credit union staff and directors. Includes Individual Membership and Unlimited Membership benefits (above), PLUS:
Compensation Surveys*
Attract and retain well-qualified staff at every level when you benchmark your organization’s compensation against others based on asset size, region, and membership size. You’ll have access to both executive and non-executive positions thanks to CUES Executive Compensation Survey and CUES Employee Salary Survey. Learn more
Governance+
Easily deliver premium, in-depth education to all of your directors with CUES’ board-excellence benefit, Governance+. These pre-designed, multi-step, digital learning journeys provide exclusive, deep director competency training featuring timely, relevant content from subject matter experts. Learn more
Board Governance Survey
Quickly and concisely gather honest feedback from all board members on key areas of governance such as board structure and composition, fiduciary oversight, and leadership culture. Results from this anonymous, online assessment tool will help your board build an agenda of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for it to prioritize and address. Learn more
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