About Dr. Michael Hudson
Practical Strategist and Growth Coach for America’s Credit Unions
A credit union member since before he could walk, Dr. Michael Hudson is a frequent speaker at credit union conferences and conventions. He serves as a trusted advisor to many individual credit unions across the country, helping them identify and implement growth strategies, design and deliver leadership improvement programs, and create and conduct culture building initiatives.
From age seven when he started his first business selling gifts and greeting cards door-to-door from his bicycle in a small rural community, through his 10 year stint as a college professor in the Big Ten and the Ivy League, to his more recent experiences working with business leaders from across the continent, Michael has always been a student of ideas and a believer that the real value of ideas is revealed only when they are translated into actions that produce results.
Since 1984 he has worked with over 1,000 growing businesses, government agencies, and non-profit organizations in a broad spectrum of industries. These diverse experiences, combined with his voracious appetite for knowledge and his distinctive ability to uncover new approaches allow him to create and deliver customized programs, products, and services that speak directly to the real world issues credit unions face every day.
Michael is able to connect with people at all levels of business and gain their individual perspectives and insights, then weave them into an integrated approach that adds value to the credit union. He engages, enthuses, and energizes his clients by challenging them to discover and reveal the true potential of their credit union and their people. Combining his knowledge of diverse industries with his awareness of popular trends and approaches he guides his credit union clients to define and capture their unique position in the marketplace.
