Credit Union Magazine - January 2009 - (Page 13)

SPOTLIGHT ‘My grandfather started as a CU volunteer in the 1940s.’ Metro CU Is in His Blood Who: Robert Cashman1 the earlier days of just having club accounts What: President/CEO and small personal loans. Where: Metro CU, The beneﬁts of strong Chelsea, Mass. family ties to CUs: SeeOn being a third-generation CU executive: My also worked with both my grandfather and father. Some have been here for more than 30 years, sharing the industry’s common goals and objectives. Best advice: Be a good grandfather and father preceded me at Metro. Intrigued by the idea of helping people, my grandfather started as a credit union volunteer in the 1940s and later became the credit union’s treasurer/manager. So my father was exposed to credit unions at an early age. He even practiced his math skills by maintaining ledger cards for members’ share and loan balances. After serving in the Army and graduating from college, he told my grandfather he’d “give it [Metro] six months.” Last year my father celebrated his 50th year at Metro and is the current board chairman. How the CU movement has evolved: My grand- ing my family’s dedication to the movement and belief in the peoplehelping-people philosophy, I’m compelled to do what I can to perpetuate the movement and our institution. There’s great satisfaction in seeing how credit unions’ efforts help individuals and communities. I’m also fortunate to work with people who listener. It enables you to assess a situation and make the right decision. Personal motto: I don’t team (employees) and to win the championship (growth, service, and financial success). There are new teams (competition), and you need to call plays (your strategic plan) so at the end of the season (month, year) when you review the game films (balanced scorecard), you’ve been successful. New Year’s resolution: have a motto, but use sports analogies with staff because of the correlation between being a leader and a coach. A leader’s role is to motivate the Same as last year: Try to do fewer things better. For the full transcript, visit father would be astounded at how the movement has grown—in size and in product and service offerings. He’d probably say it’s something well beyond anything he could have imagined. My father and I often reminisce about how things have changed from 1 Cashman also is Massachusetts Credit Union League chairman and a Credit Union National Association board member. c u n ac. u n a .t r g Jt N U U N Y 2 0 0 9 t org o A J ARE 8 CREDIT UNION MAGAZINE 13 http://www.creditunionmagazine.com http://cuna.org

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Credit Union Magazine - January 2009 Contents On My Way Leading Edge Spotlight President's Perspective Game Plan Washington Insider Wright Stuff Executive Suite Reverse Mortgages Come of Age Six Merger Myths Leading-Edge Lenders TwentyFour/Seven Bankruptcy Compliance Tools of the Trade Trendlines Rates & Ratios Council Corner Shoptalk System Scan Marketplace Branching Out Advertiser Index

Credit Union Magazine - January 2009

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