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Looking Ahead
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It's Time to Update Your Scorecard
by Danny Wheeler, CCE, ICCE, Adobe Systems Inc
As we start the New Year I often reflect on the prior year and take in all the past year's challenges, achievements and overall successes. One of the critical aspects of this process for me revolves around finding activities or decisions that I found happiness in and that ultimately help me find my highest level of achievement. The attempt is designed to move past the standard key performance indicators or the black and white delinquency numbers that we all strive to attain year to year. Those are important but the processes we follow and personal choices that lie underneath those metrics are more important. I recently read a book by Hall of Fame NFL coach Bill Walsh titled "The Score will take Care of Itself." It left with me a few key life concepts . . . . Read Full Article
Unraveling Stressors: A Self-Care Reminder
by Stephanie Johnson, CCE, Gritton & Associates Inc
A career in credit management and collections can sometimes be onerous and emotionally taxing. Expectations and performance goals can be set upon us by many outside forces. Credit managers are often daily at odds with customers, vendors, sales team members, management, and legal teams. At any given time, on any given day, the actions of others can have an effect on me and my team. I would like to say that on most days I can shrug off the negative and hurtful things people say to me as I do my job. However, taking a constant barrage of negativity and abuse can be taxing emotionally and mentally. More times than I like to admit . . . . Read Full Article
ICEL Chair: Igniting My Passion!
by April Tanner, CCE, Kimball Equipment Company
February - the passion month. What am I passionate about (as if you didn't know?) I am passionate about credit and credit professionals. I want us all to be proud of who we are and what we do. I want us to expand our credit knowledge. Where can you get credit knowledge and education for everyone in your credit department? NACM National Credit Congress - that's where . . . . Read Full Article
Focus on Your Strengths in 2019
by DeAnna Leahy, CCE, Sunroc Corporation
Let's face it, there are some things each of us just aren't cut out to do. I certainly don't have some of the talents that others I know possess. It is amazing how our culture places so much emphasis on improving our weaknesses when, at best, we will only be able to be adequate in those areas no matter how hard we try to improve them. From the time that we are young children to the time that we are making our way in the workplace, we are taught to spend more time and energy fixing our weaknesses rather than developing our strengths. All too often, our natural talents go untapped. However, we can take the time to discover our strengths and use them to our advantage rather than spend time improving upon our weaknesses . . . . Read Full Article
Elections for NACM Board of Directors
Each year, members of the NACM Board of Directors retire and new board members are elected to replace them Read full article
The candidates for this year's open board positions are (in alphabetical order)
Danny Wheeler, CCE, ICCE, Adobe Systems
Scott Chase, CCE, CICP, Amer Sports
Sheila Roames, CCE, Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions
Stephanie Johnson, CCE, Gritton & Associates
April Tanner, CCE, Kimball Equipment
Ellen Wodiuk, CCE, ICCE, Law Offices of Mark A Kirkorsky PC
ICEL Recap: Ask The Experts
by Keeley Worley, CCE, Nicholas & Company
The scheduled speaker for the ICEL January meeting had an emergency last minute, so a panel discussion for best practices in the credit world was arranged on the fly. The panel consisted of myself, April Tanner, CCE of Kimball Equipment, and DeAnna Leahy, CCE of Sunroc Corporation.
The great thing about having an open discussion, is you get the juices flowing from members within and outside of your normal group . . . . Read Full Article
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