Focus on your people first

Published: May 1, 2020, 8 p.m.

b'Jason Lindstrom can summarize his best crisis leadership advice in one word: Listen. Lindstrom, president/CEO of $316 million asset Evergreen Credit Union in Portland, Maine, and chair of the CUNA Marketing & Business Development Council, says that means putting the financials aside for a moment and focusing first on your people. In this episode of the CUNA News Podcast, Lindstrom takes us through Evergreen\\u2019s response to the COVID-19 crisis, which includes participating in the first wave of Paycheck Protection Program loans, holding a virtual annual meeting, leading a remote workforce, and other challenges.'