Talent

Led by Filene Fellow Sekou Bermiss, the Center for War for Talent connects credit unions to solutions for attracting, developing, and promoting top performers, from the front line to the board table.

Filene Fellow

Sekou Bermiss

Associate Professor at the Kenan-Flagler Business School

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Talent Research

Jul 15 2020

Art + Science of Organization Research Event Recap

Credit unions continue to navigate a remote workforce and the unknown future of the workplace. We brought experts together virtually to let go of what was normal and embrace new approaches.

Jun 03 2020

Racial Justice: The Work Starts With Us

America’s credit unions exist to fix what's broken. They stand for inclusion, financial empowerment and economic opportunity. We will ensure Filene asks the important questions.

Talent / Jun 01 2020

Winning by Losing: A Case Study of Alumni Effects on Credit Union Recruitment

Talent loss is a challenge for all organizations, and credit unions are no exception. How can the departure of talented employees be leveraged in attracting top talent?

Talent / Apr 08 2020

Managing Remote Work at Your Credit Union

Working remotely, especially when it isn’t by choice and accompanied by stressors such as COVID-19, will challenge even the most...

Feb 14 2020

Big.Bright.Minds. Event Recap

For the last few years, the financial services industry has been through a roller coaster of technological and social change...

Nov 09 2019

Diverse Employees, Diverse Members Research Event Recap

A research event recap from Filene's Centers for the War for Talent and Consumer Decision Making As the American population...

Talent / Jun 26 2019

The Case for Workplace Financial Well-being: The View from Credit Unions

Financial stress is undermining your employees’ job performance, leading to absenteeism, and negatively impacting cognitive ability, productivity, and physical health—all...

Talent / May 31 2019

Workplace Design as a Strategic Human Capital Management Tool, Part 1

In today’s tight job market, competitive compensation and benefits are table stakes in attracting, recruiting, and retaining talent. What is...

Talent / May 20 2019

Leveraging Employee Loss for Employee Gain

Within most organizations, employee recruitment and turnover are inextricably linked. The questions of whom to recruit and when to recruit...

Talent / May 06 2019

Incentive Pay: Research and Guidance for Credit Unions

Is incentive or variable pay worthwhile for credit unions? The short answer: it depends. Small-scale programs, when carefully managed, may...

Talent / Dec 28 2018

Young Professionals: Will They Come? Will They Stay? Or Will They Go?

What Filene’s research says about the state of attraction and retention of young adults at credit unions.

Talent / Nov 08 2018

Formalizing the Art of Board Composition

A board of directors can make or break the success of a credit union. Yet credit unions sometimes find board...

Talent / Nov 16 2018

Best Practices are Dead. Experiment Instead!: Research in Action Recap

It’s easy to assume that a policy adopted by industry leaders will lead to success for your organization. But what...

Talent / Jun 28 2018

Diving Headfirst into the (Applicant) Pool: How Employee Attraction Impacts Employee Retention

This report uses credit union human resources data to investigate the process of generating potential applicants, and identifies various conditions...