Expanding Horizons. Exploring Possibilities.
Southwest CUNA Management School is the go-to experience for rising and C-suite credit union professionals. The school provides higher academic-style learning and engagement opportunities. The program provides a diverse mix of learning environments so students may build business acumen, broaden their vision for their own credit union’s strategic direction, expand leadership capabilities, collaborate, and grow networks to last a lifetime.
To transform tomorrow’s leaders, SCMS provides a blend of in-person, live-virtual, and micro-learning courses that provide an immersive experience focusing on:
- Innovation and strategy: Identifying opportunities and resolving industry frictions
- Credit union growth
- Professional and personal leadership development
- Productive collaboration and networking
Curriculum may Include:
First Year
Laying the Foundation
- Advocacy
- ALM/Finance
- Communications
- Data Analytics
- DEI
- Economics
- Entrepreneurial Thinking
- Evolution of Workplace Safety
- FinTech Landscape
- HR
- Innovation
- Leadership
- Lending
- Organizational Culture
- Personal Brand
- Presentation Skills
- Project & Time Management
- Risk Management
- Stakeholder Experiences
- Web-based Networking Strategies
Second Year
Trends and Strategy
- Adaptive Leadership & Thinking
- Advocacy
- ALM/Finance
- Budgeting
- Branding
- Business Development
- Communications
- Data Analytics
- DEI
- Digital Life and Global Trends
- Economics
- Ethics
- Financial Simulation
- Fintech
- Governance
- Leadership
- Lending
- Risk Management
- Stakeholder Experience
- Talent Optimization
Third Year
Focusing Forward
- Advocacy
- ALM/Finance
- CUSOs: Credit Union Service Organizations
- Data Analytics
- Enterprise Risk Management
- FinTech
- Growth in the Age of Disruption
- Leadership
Negotiation Strategies- Professional Presentation Skills
- Scenario Planning and Mapping