Conversations with Credit Union Leaders
This unique 6-volume series explores the characteristics that make great leaders. Hosts Kerri Smith and Susan Luke speak with seven credit union women leaders about how these characteristics impacted their lives and career. The topics covered were:

• Greatest Risk: Taking risks can be daunting, but all great leaders find ways to capitalize on opportunities. The women interviewed shared strategies and perspectives that will help listeners look at risk in a whole new way.
• Personal Brand: Understanding the value of your reputation and how decisions can impact how others perceive you is very important in today’s business world. Hear how one guest faced a situation that may have affected her personal brand negatively.
• Art of Negotiation: Hear practical advice on how to ask for what you want and need. For women, negotiation can be paralyzing. Guests share practical ways to prepare for and engage in successful negotiations.
• Professional/Personal Development: Great leaders make a commitment to continual improvement. Guests share how they make sure to stay on top of their game.
• Mentors: Guests shared their experiences with their mentors and those they have mentored. Leaders say that sage advice and continual support gave them the courage to reach for opportunities they may not have otherwise taken.
• Heroes/Sheroes: People that inspire others to do and be the best person possible can be personal friends or public figures. Guests shared about those individuals that influenced their lives and careers.