I met Brad Douglas last year when I presented at the Heartland Credit Union Association Conference in Kansas City. Brad was introduced to me as their new CEO.

Brad graduated Summa Cum Laude from William Jewell College, went on to earn a law degree at the University of Missouri and then moved into a successful career in both non-profit and private sector leadership. Se served as Director and Chair of the CommunityAmerica Credit Union in Kansas City and was a Regional Administrator for the SBA among other adventures.

All that is impressive enough––but what really struck me about Brad, and what we talked most about when we met, was his love of history.

General George Patton said, 

“Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.”

Brad embodies this sentiment perfectly. Today on Walking the Walk we’ll talk with Heartland Credit Union Association CEO Brad Douglas on how today’s leaders benefit from studying leaders of the past and how history can help leaders cope with the problems of the future…

Learn more about Brad Douglas and Heartland Credit Union Association at: https://heartlandcua.org