Your Leadership Journey Starts Here
This is your moment to invest in yourself.
CUES Essential Leadership Program is a holistic, inclusive five-month program designed for high-potential credit union leaders who are ready to grow into greater responsibility and who want a structured, supported path to get there.
In just 2-3 hours per week, you'll develop the communication skills, emotional intelligence, and executive presence that define effective leaders—while learning alongside peers from credit unions across the CU Movement.
Interested in registering a group?
Contact us for group pricing and registration.
What You'll Walk Away With
Every participant receives a complete, guided leadership development experience:
Three core online courses: Foundations of Leadership, The Emotionally Intelligent Leader, The Power of Executive Presence
Small-group virtual coaching sessions led by leadership experts
Pre- and post-program leadership assessment to measure your growth
An Individual Development Plan (IDP) tailored to your role and goals
Peer learning with leaders from credit unions across the country
Walk away ready to communicate with greater influence, lead through change, and build stronger relationships from day one.
Who This Program Is Designed For
This program is built for credit union professionals who are:
First-time managers and supervisors
High-potential employees preparing for leadership roles
Branch managers, operations leads, and cross-functional team leaders
Already thinking about sending your team? CUES Essential Leadership Program is designed to deliver even greater impact when colleagues learn together. Contact us for group pricing and enrollment.
How the Program Works
CUES Essential Leadership Program is a fully virtual, five-month experience that blends self-paced coursework you complete on your schedule, paired with live coaching sessions that bring your cohort together to apply what you're learning.
Program Length: Five months
Learning Format: Three self-paced online courses, combined with four live virtual coaching sessions. Each one is designed to connect your coursework to your role and reinforce what you're learning.
Time Commitment: Approximately 2-3 hours per week, structured enough to keep you on track, flexible enough to fit your schedule.
Get Your Credit Union On Board
Share the one-page program overview with your supervisor or sponsor and give them everything they need to say yes to your development. Download the Overview
Online Courses
Your growth doesn't happen in isolation. CUES Essential Leadership Program is structured so that what you learn in each course gets reinforced, practiced, and applied through coaching, peer conversation, and your own Individual Development Plan.
Foundations of Leadership
Leadership isn't one size fits all, and this course starts there. You'll explore your own leadership style, build confidence in how you show up, and develop practical skills for guiding teams through everyday challenges and change.
Topics include: leadership styles, influence, communication, change management, coaching, team development, goal setting, and conflict resolution.
The Emotionally Intelligent Leader
The best leaders know themselves and know how to read the room. This course helps you develop the self-awareness and relationship skills that make you someone people want to follow.
Topics include: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management.
The Power of Executive Presence
Presence isn't about personality, it's a skill you can build. This course helps you show up with confidence, communicate with credibility, and develop a leadership identity that reflects who you are and where you're headed.
Topics include: personal branding, mindset, strategic vision, and effective communication.
Coaching Sessions
Each coaching session is designed to connect your coursework to real situations you're navigating at work, with a small group of peers and a facilitator who knows leadership development inside and out.
Applying Foundations of Leadership
Put your leadership learning into practice. This session unpacks what effective leadership looks like day-to-day and helps you identify where you're already leading well and where you want to grow.
Embracing Emotional Intelligence
Explore how your emotions influence your leadership and how understanding others shapes the way you communicate, collaborate, and lead through conflict.
Integrating Executive Presence
Talk through what presence really means for you, in your role, at your credit union, and build a plan for showing up with more confidence and authenticity.
Individual Development Plan Refinement
Bring your IDP to life. In this final session, you'll refine your personal development goals with input from your cohort and coaches, leaving with a clear, actionable roadmap for what comes next.
Emerging credit union leaders, first-time managers, supervisors, branch leaders, and high-potential employees preparing for greater responsibility.
About 2-3 hours per week, spread across self-paced coursework and live virtual coaching sessions. It's designed to fit around your workday.
You can register individually. Many participants self-enroll, and others have multiple attendees registered by their credit union.
Yes — 100%. No travel, no time out of the office. You participate from wherever you work.
The cost of the program is $1,200 per seat, due before the program begins. Group rates are available for organizations enrolling multiple participants. Please contact us for a quote.
You'll finish with a personalized Individual Development Plan and a clear roadmap for continued growth. Many CUES Essential Leadership Program graduates go on to the CUES Advanced Management Program from Cornell University as their next step.
All cancellations must be submitted in writing to cues@cues.org.
60+ days prior: full refund
31–60 days prior: 50% refund
0–30 days prior: no refund or credit
Substitute attendees are welcome, subject to eligibility. CUES reserves the right to cancel or reschedule due to unforeseen circumstances.
Your Leadership Journey Starts Here
This is your moment to invest in yourself.
CUES Essential Leadership Program is a holistic, inclusive five-month program designed for high-potential credit union leaders who are ready to grow into greater responsibility and who want a structured, supported path to get there.
In just 2-3 hours per week, you'll develop the communication skills, emotional intelligence, and executive presence that define effective leaders—while learning alongside peers from credit unions across the CU Movement.
Interested in registering a group?
Contact us for group pricing and registration.
What You'll Walk Away With
Every participant receives a complete, guided leadership development experience:
Three core online courses: Foundations of Leadership, The Emotionally Intelligent Leader, The Power of Executive Presence
Small-group virtual coaching sessions led by leadership experts
Pre- and post-program leadership assessment to measure your growth
An Individual Development Plan (IDP) tailored to your role and goals
Peer learning with leaders from credit unions across the country
Walk away ready to communicate with greater influence, lead through change, and build stronger relationships from day one.
Who This Program Is Designed For
This program is built for credit union professionals who are:
First-time managers and supervisors
High-potential employees preparing for leadership roles
Branch managers, operations leads, and cross-functional team leaders
Already thinking about sending your team? CUES Essential Leadership Program is designed to deliver even greater impact when colleagues learn together. Contact us for group pricing and enrollment.
How the Program Works
CUES Essential Leadership Program is a fully virtual, five-month experience that blends self-paced coursework you complete on your schedule, paired with live coaching sessions that bring your cohort together to apply what you're learning.
Program Length: Five months
Learning Format: Three self-paced online courses, combined with four live virtual coaching sessions. Each one is designed to connect your coursework to your role and reinforce what you're learning.
Time Commitment: Approximately 2-3 hours per week, structured enough to keep you on track, flexible enough to fit your schedule.
Get Your Credit Union On Board
Share the one-page program overview with your supervisor or sponsor and give them everything they need to say yes to your development. Download the Overview
Online Courses
Your growth doesn't happen in isolation. CUES Essential Leadership Program is structured so that what you learn in each course gets reinforced, practiced, and applied through coaching, peer conversation, and your own Individual Development Plan.
Foundations of Leadership
Leadership isn't one size fits all, and this course starts there. You'll explore your own leadership style, build confidence in how you show up, and develop practical skills for guiding teams through everyday challenges and change.
Topics include: leadership styles, influence, communication, change management, coaching, team development, goal setting, and conflict resolution.
The Emotionally Intelligent Leader
The best leaders know themselves and know how to read the room. This course helps you develop the self-awareness and relationship skills that make you someone people want to follow.
Topics include: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management.
The Power of Executive Presence
Presence isn't about personality, it's a skill you can build. This course helps you show up with confidence, communicate with credibility, and develop a leadership identity that reflects who you are and where you're headed.
Topics include: personal branding, mindset, strategic vision, and effective communication.
Coaching Sessions
Each coaching session is designed to connect your coursework to real situations you're navigating at work, with a small group of peers and a facilitator who knows leadership development inside and out.
Applying Foundations of Leadership
Put your leadership learning into practice. This session unpacks what effective leadership looks like day-to-day and helps you identify where you're already leading well and where you want to grow.
Embracing Emotional Intelligence
Explore how your emotions influence your leadership and how understanding others shapes the way you communicate, collaborate, and lead through conflict.
Integrating Executive Presence
Talk through what presence really means for you, in your role, at your credit union, and build a plan for showing up with more confidence and authenticity.
Individual Development Plan Refinement
Bring your IDP to life. In this final session, you'll refine your personal development goals with input from your cohort and coaches, leaving with a clear, actionable roadmap for what comes next.
Emerging credit union leaders, first-time managers, supervisors, branch leaders, and high-potential employees preparing for greater responsibility.
About 2-3 hours per week, spread across self-paced coursework and live virtual coaching sessions. It's designed to fit around your workday.
You can register individually. Many participants self-enroll, and others have multiple attendees registered by their credit union.
Yes — 100%. No travel, no time out of the office. You participate from wherever you work.
The cost of the program is $1,200 per seat, due before the program begins. Group rates are available for organizations enrolling multiple participants. Please contact us for a quote.
You'll finish with a personalized Individual Development Plan and a clear roadmap for continued growth. Many CUES Essential Leadership Program graduates go on to the CUES Advanced Management Program from Cornell University as their next step.
All cancellations must be submitted in writing to cues@cues.org.
60+ days prior: full refund
31–60 days prior: 50% refund
0–30 days prior: no refund or credit
Substitute attendees are welcome, subject to eligibility. CUES reserves the right to cancel or reschedule due to unforeseen circumstances.