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Strategic Planning for
Credit Unions / Community Banks

Why is planning important to your Credit Union / Community Banks?

An effective planning process ensures regular review of your Credit Union’s / Community Bank's vision and mission. It provides an opportunity to re-examine your strengths and weaknesses and uncover new opportunities and threats while scanning the macro-environment.
A commitment to a solid planning process focuses the Credit Union / Community Banks on action plans that move the Credit Union/ Community Bank closer to achieving strategic objectives. It is results oriented and fosters continuous learning and improvement.

Is your current planning process working for you?
Is your Credit Union / Community Banks achieving the goals you set at your last planning retreat?

  • Are you satisfied with your CU / CB performance?
  • How prepared was your CU / CB to deal with recent labor shortages or recent FinTech?
  • Do you have the tools to involve your staff in the plan’s execution?
  • Have you positioned your CU / CB to thrive in a turbulent economy?
  • How will your CU / CB deal with higher interest rates, rising
    delinquency, and declining fee income?
Prism Consulting Services to facilitate your planning

  • Prism Consulting Services focuses on the process & not just the development of a plan document.
  • We help you to understand where you are today & visualize where you want to take the credit union in the next 3 – 5 years.
  • PCS’s strengths include financial, market, & technical analysis, problem solving, & consensus building.
  • With over 90 years combined experience in executive leadership of credit unions / community banks , our consultants have successfully lead credit unions / community banks through the challenges of improving effciency, increasing loans outstanding, asset quality, rising interest rates & regulatory change.
  • PCS provides expertise in root cause analysis to understand what is preventing the credit union from capitalizing on opportunities or resolving problems.
  • Prism Consulting Services focuses on the process & not just the development of a plan document.
  • We help you to understand where you are today & visualize where you want to take the Credit Union in the next 3–5 years.
  • PCS’s strengths include financial, market,and technical analysis, problem solving, and consensus building.
  • With over 90 years combined experience in executive leadership of Credit Unions, our consultants have successfully lead Credit Unions through the challenges of improving effciency, increasing loans outstanding, improving asset quality, rising interest rates, & regulatory changes.
  • PCS provides expertise in root cause analysis to understand what is preventing the Credit Union from capitalizing on opportunities or resolving problems.

Why select Prism Consulting Services to facilitate your planning meeting

Why select Prism Consulting Services to facilitate your planning meeting

  • Prism Consulting Services focuses on the process & not just the development of a plan document.
  • We help you to understand where you are today & visualize where you want to take the Credit Union in the next 3–5 years.
  • PCS’s strengths include financial, market,and technical analysis, problem solving, and consensus building.
  • With over 90 years combined experience in executive leadership of Credit Unions, our consultants have successfully lead Credit Unions through the challenges of improving effciency, increasing loans outstanding, improving asset quality, rising interest rates, & regulatory changes.
  • PCS provides expertise in root cause analysis to understand what is preventing the Credit Union from capitalizing on opportunities or resolving problems.
A typical engagement includes

PRE-SESSION ACTIVITIES:

  • Meet with CEO and key members of leadership team to understand the CU / CB needs and jointly define the purpose and scope of the session.
    • Create ground rules.
    • Develop assumptions for the plan
  • Virtual meeting with all participants.
  • Design an agenda (for CU/CB approval).
  • Review financial analysis and trends.
  • Work with key staff to develop presentations on possible issues for planning meeting.

AT THE PLANNING MEETING:

  • Lead the group through the agenda.
  • Encourage all stakeholders to participate in the process.
  • Help the group to find clarity and consensus through active listening, the use of open and closed questions, paraphrasing & summarizing participants’ comments.
  • Capture ideas and work output.
  • Have fun!

POST PLANNING MEETING:

  • Assist the CU / CB to prepare financial forecasts for the plan.
  • Quarterly meetings with key stakeholders to review results and agree on next steps.

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Includes:
  • Pre-meeting research and phone/virtual sessions with all participants.
  • 1 or 1 ½ day planning meeting.
  • Summary of ideas and work output.
  • Post-meeting virtual sessions with management at 90, 180, and 270 days.

Gerri Sexsion

Gerri Sexsion is a Strategy Consultant for Prism Consulting Services, Inc. She focuses on helping organizations to realize their vision through effective planning. A “big picture” person, Gerri helps management teams uncover opportunities and develop creative solutions for challenges.

During her 40 years in the credit union industry, she led credit unions through turbulent economic cycles. As a former President and CEO of a $450 Million credit union, she managed the day-to-day operations of a full-service financial institution for over 22 years. Under her leadership, the credit union successfully navigated the rough waters of the Great Recession, expanded its branch network and product offerings, and thrived in a highly competitive market. Gerri also held C-Suite positions in credit unions in Texas and Oklahoma as well as serving as Executive Vice President for Due Supported Services at the Texas Credit Union League, now the Cornerstone League.

She was recognized by the Jacksonville Business Journal as one of the Women of Influence in 2017 and has received national recognition for excellence in financial institution operations.

Gerri holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with emphasis in Finance and Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at El Paso. She is a certified member service trainer and has extensive training in strategic and tactical planning, financial analysis, project management, process improvement, and Lean Six Sigma. Since retiring from credit union in 2019, Gerri continues to model credit union philosophy of “people helping people” as an Algebra and Geometry tutor at a local high school, and as chair of the Finance Council at her church.

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