Welcome & Opening Keynote: Thinking Big for the Future


Your effectiveness has everything to do with the way you think. You probably can’t work any harder, but more than likely you can think bigger.  

Find and Keep Great Employees 
The strategy for any growing company must be to develop leaders and retain talent.  Poor leaders add followers, great leaders multiply leaders. 

Deliver Out of this World Service 
Learn to be Ritz responsive, Nordstrom empowered, Disney magical, Starbucks comfortable, and FedEx reliable. 

Help Your Credit Union Navigate Through Change 
Don’t do change to people, but rather do change with them.  Tap their creativity, get their input, and let them help create an exciting, preferred future. 

Be Distinctive 
There is no shortage of competition, so what are you doing to differentiate yourself from the competition? 

Keynote
Rick Olson
Monday, August 24, 2026
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM (CDT)