Winter 2015 Newsletter
Ignite your personal leadership
Are you prepared to play with your personal and organizational boundaries? If so, this year’s CUYLM Conference
is the place to be! But why the question about boundaries? Simply this . . .
This year’s CUYLM conference will fill you up with ideas and possibilities on how you can grow as a young
leader and provide opportunities to explore how this learning can be applied to grow your credit union and
better serve its members, too. Purpose will focus the direction of your growth; Potential will provide insight into
what you could achieve personally and organizationally; and Passion will fuel your actions.
So here’s the challenge. On Friday, April 17th you will be back at work and there you will become aware of
boundary conditions that may restrict your ability to implement what you learned. Some of those boundaries
may be imposed by the regulator; some by your organizational policies and procedures; some by your
immediate supervisor or manager; and some by your own particular approach to your role as a leader.
There are boundaries you must play within. Those imposed by legislation, the regulator, current market
conditions and other legal/ethical boundaries are generally immoveable (or at least extremely difficult to
shift). They can easily consume a great deal of energy with little hope of change. Fortunately, there are other
boundaries you can play with. These may include past practices that are no longer relevant, assumptions
about how to get things done in the organization, identification of potential collaborators and perhaps even
self-perceptions you hold about your own abilities as a leader. Playing with the moveable boundaries exposes
opportunities for young leaders to change themselves and their organizations. It means challenging the status
quo, challenging one’s own limits and being able to exercise courage in pursuit of better ways to lead oneself
and others.
Be a “Boundary Hunter”! Come to the conference with some boundaries you would like to play with, that will
give you more scope for igniting the personal leadership that will help your credit union, its members and the
entire Manitoba credit union system really ROCK!
Check out Deri Latimer’s video!
She is thrilled to be keynoting at CUYLM’s ignite
Conference in April!
DAVID GOUTHRO
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=jy4KFy1v7QI&feature=youtu.be
Join us!
Credit Union Young Leaders of Manitoba
2015 Conference
April 15 - 16 | Victoria Inn | Brandon
Conference Fee: $375.00
• Discover your purpose, passion and potential
with a Onesmart World 4di thinking inventory!
• Work with current leaders within our Credit Union
System.
• Participate in a leadership debate and
overcoming system issues.
• Network with like minded young leaders!
• State of the Union Address - Credit Union Central
of Manitoba.
A word from CUYLM’s
Chair and Vice-Chair
We are honored to introduce ourselves as your new Chair Lesia Gojan-Klein Carpathia Credit Union, Branch
Manager and Vice-Chair Emma Lafreniere Steinbach Credit Union, Assistant Manager, Consumer Lending for
CUYLM.
Having both worked in the credit union system for over a decade we are proud to represent CUYLM and
continue to work in and for the credit union system. We look forward to continuing the momentum established
by our previous Chair’s, Vice-Chair’s and committee members by working to provide a forum for young credit
union leaders to collaborate through the sharing of ideas and visions for the system.
We are both passionate about Leadership Development and helping people achieve their dreams and goals.
We consider it a privilege to be a part of CUYLM and have the opportunity to work with so many dedicated,
enthusiastic and brilliant young people from within the province.
We are so excited to see you all at the upcoming CUYLM conference April 15th and 16th in Brandon, Manitoba,
and promise it to be an exciting couple of days. Our hope is that it will be challenging and that you will leave
with new purpose, potential, and passion!
Sincerely,
Lesia and Emma
CUYLM Says Goodbye to 4 Committee Members
We would like to say a special thanks to our outgoing CUYLM committee members. Each of these individuals
was instrumental in CUYLM’s success.
• Leanne Devliegere – Westoba Credit Union, Associate Vice President, Member Solutions & CUYLM Chair
• Roman Jaworsky – Carpathia Credit Union, Chief Financial Officer
• Carissa Wall – Access Credit Union, Manager of Centralized Services
• Kevin Morris – Assiniboine Credit Union, Business Analyst
Thank you so much for your ongoing positive contribution, knowledge and ability to see the BIG picture! Your
work will carry on for years to come and help continue to empower youth to grow and prosper in and for the
credit union system, through recruitment, retention and development.
Sincerely,
CUYLM
Did you miss it?
The Leader Within - Hosted by Rachelle Brockman
If you were unable to watch the webinar on November 26, or you would like to view it again, you can watch
the recorded verison
To access the webinar recording go to: https://plus.google.com/events/c29egi86aa82pb91ffrvio6u90o
CUYLM Winter 2015 Newsletter
2015 Credit Union Young Leaders of Manitoba
Commitee Members
Purpose
Empowering
youth to grow
and prosper
in and for the
credit union
system, through
recruitment,
retention and
developement.
Providing a forum
for young credit
union leaders to
share ideas and
visions.
Promoting and
encouraging
opportunities
for peer and
senior leader
networking.
Increasing the
visibility of the
credit union
system to the
community;
identifying
and attracting
prospective
employees.
Mentoring young
credit union
leaders through
involvement on
the committee.
Collaborating
and sharing
activities with
the National
Young Leaders
Committees.
In order from left to right
Pamela Galatiuk, Vanguard CU (District 4); Neil Hamm, Austin CU (District 5); Jocelyn Rowsell, Cambrian CU (District
1); Dawn Borges, Entegra CU (District 3); Tyler Booker, Catalyst CU (District 7); Emma Lafreniere, Steinbach CU
and CUYLM Vice-Chair (District 2); Lesia Gojan-Klein, Carpatia CU and CUYLM Chair (District 3); Nicole McAllister,
Steinbach CU (District 2); Joshua Roels, Westoba CU (District 4); Amanda Wilson, Starbuck CU (District 6); Jody
McPherson, Noventis CU (District 1); Danika Zurbyk, Grandview CU (District 7); *Justin Barsewsky, Catalyst CU (District
7)
*Missing from group photo above.
CUYLM Winter 2015 Newsletter
CUYLM @ MB Central Fall System Meeting
November 14th CUYLM was given another incredible opportunity by Credit Union Central of Manitoba to
present at the Credit Union Central Fall system meeting.
Some keys areas we reviewed were what is CUYLM, how our projects contribute to the MB Credit Union System
and we highlighted how CUYLM has added value to the system.
We utilized technology called “Poll Everywhere” to collect information from our credit union and system
leaders. This information is extremely valuable when establishing what is important to our system leaders and
how CUYLM can add value. The information collected was used to develop our 2015 action plan and prioritize
an order in which to accomplish our short and long term goals.
We called on credit union executives, leaders, young leaders and credit union central of Manitoba executives
to film a short video on what CUYLM has done for them. The results were astounding we were so honored
to hear from our peers and leaders on what CUYLM is to them or has encouraged them to do personally or
professionally! We shared these videos proudly at the meeting and we look forward to sharing them with you
shortly on our website.
Tell Ottawa My Credit Union Matters!
TM
Please show your support for #MYCUMATTERS
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Here’s how you can contribute:
Send an email to the government regional caucus leaders. Regional caucus leaders have influence
with the Finance Minister. Email the one from your region to urge them to ask the Finance Minister to
support credit unions in the 2015 budget.
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You can send yours by signing-in to the CU Nation Advocacy Centre. There you’ll find the
email addresses for the regional caucus leaders pictured below. Follow the instructions to
send your email. If you haven’t signed up on the Advocacy Centre yet, you can do so at
www.cunation.ca/join.
Get everyone at your credit union to email the Finance Minister via the “My Credit Union Matters!TM”
campaign site. All you need to do is send the link www.myCUmatters.ca/Take-Action to all staff and ask
them to send an email if they haven’t already done so. You can also post the link on your Facebook or
Linkedin pages.
Send Tweets and an op-ed with the new message.
We’ve updated our Tweets and sample op-ed for this
“Countdown” period. Visit www.myCUmatters.ca/
TweetYourMP for sample tweets you can use to send
to your local MP and click here for a sample op-ed that
you can send to your local or community newspaper.
Connect with us!
CUYLM Winter 2015 Newsletter