Sustainable Business Strategy

Your Purpose Will Guide Your Response

Leading With Purpose is centered around Sustainable Business Strategy, a virtual learning experience offered in collaboration with Harvard Business School Online. Together, we help credit union decision-makers learn new contexts and mindsets for being truly purpose-driven and values-based.

Join the hundreds of credit union leaders who have completed this course about how putting purpose first is a strategy-altering lens to aid in making unprecedented decisions that impact their employees, members, and communities.

Many credit unions today lead with generic attributes — fees, rates, and convenience — versus how they are going to impact the lives of their members. Professor Henderson’s research proves it’s possible to do well while doing good and outperform the market, attract and retain top talent, and improve the impact an organization has in the communities they serve.

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Course Outcomes

  • Discover how your credit union can do well while doing good.
  • Learn to solve big problems through highly differentiated solutions and cutting-edge business savvy.
  • Gain skills and insights to become a transformative leader.
  • Learn how installing purpose leads to productivity gains and access to an improved talent pool.
  • Leverage a long-term, highly compounded growth model.

Course Structure

This learning experience brings together best-in-class content from Harvard Business School Online, Callahan’s 35+ years of industry perspective and knowledge, and unparalleled collaboration with other credit union professionals – to deliver this timely and important knowledge.

Callahan courses

Three online, self-paced learning modules with provocative and engaging content paired with thought-provoking questions.

Callahan huddles

Three interactive, web-hosted huddles, facilitated by Callahan & Associates designed to put the module content into context for credit unions.

Callahan discussions

One interactive capstone session to put course learnings into motion.

symposium

Our annual Purpose Symposium to build a network of purpose-focused credit union professionals and create actionable takeaways.

Download: The Guide To A Purpose-Driven Organization

How credit unions can become more purpose-driven

Many credit unions are telling us that leading with purpose is a strategic pillar for 2023 and beyond. If you’re just getting started (or are unsure where to start) download Callahan’s Guide To A Purpose-Driven Organization and learn three steps credit unions can take to start the discussion of purpose at your credit union and key resources to help facilitate the conversation.

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Learn more about Sustainable Business Strategy and how to join our next cohort.