CFTEA: The KEY to Your Next Step

Hosted by CFTEA Executive Director, Andrew Lederer, this podcast is for anyone ready to grow, at work and in life. Through real conversations on career development, personal finance, leadership, and everyday decision-making, each episode helps you build confidence, understand the bigger picture, and keep moving forward. Because one of the best projects you will ever work on is yourself, and you don’t have to do it alone.

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  CFTEA: The KEY to Your Next Step

  The Map You Don't Have

  Aug 15, 202645 minS0

  <p>Eighty-six percent of new hires decide how long they will stay with a company within their first six months. Not their first six years. Six months. In this special conversation dropped in the middle of fall onboarding season, Andrew sits down with Jessi Jaquish of Union Bank of Vermont and New Hampshire, a CFTEA board member and the head of a two-person training department, about starting with no map, the one person who changed everything, and what it means to build the training you wish you'd had. They talk about career cushioning, why it goes in two directions, and...

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  Episode #7

  Cost vs Value - Is Learning from CFTEA Worth the Investment?

  Aug 1, 202614 minS1

  <p>What makes professional development truly worth it?</p><p>In a world filled with nonstop webinar invites and training emails, it can be difficult to separate cost from real value. In this episode of The KEY to Your Next Step, CFTEA Executive Director Andrew Lederer explores an important question facing employees, managers, community banks, credit unions, and organizations everywhere:</p><p>Is learning from CFTEA worth the investment?</p><p>This conversation goes beyond pricing and digs into what meaningful workplace learning actually looks like. Andrew discusses the balance of cost vs. value and why support from employers matters...

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  Episode #5

  Stop Waiting for the Tap | Asking for Development at Work

  Jul 15, 202610 minS1

  <p>You've bookmarked the course. You've thought about the certification. You've watched a colleague get sent to a conference you would have killed to attend. And the conversation with your manager... still hasn't happened.</p><p> </p><p>In this episodeof The KEY to Your Next Step, Andrew Lederer goes into the ask most professionals never make, and the one their managers are actually hoping they'll bring.</p><p> This isn't a "just ask for what you want" pep talk. Andrew tells the story from a manufacturing plant where he heard no for years, and from the other side of th...

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  Episode #4

  Dealing with Difficult People

  Jul 1, 202610 minS1

  <p>Ever walk away from a conversation and wonder why it stuck with you all day?</p><p>Not a big argument. Just… draining.</p><p>In this episode, Center for Financial Training and Education Alliance Executive Director Andrew Lederer and workplace communication expert Trevor break down how to deal with difficult people without losing your energy or focus.</p><p>From chronic complainers to know-it-alls and subtle bullies, these behaviors show up everywhere. The goal is not to fix them, it is to handle the interaction and still move forward.</p><p>You will learn how to:</p>Recognize co...

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  Episode #3

  The Connections That Change Careers

  Jun 1, 202618 minS1

  <p>What if one of the biggest factors shaping your career… isn’t your talent, but the relationships around you?</p><p>In this episode, Andrew explores the real meaning of networking inside organizations and why authentic workplace relationships matter more than most people realize. Through personal stories, humor, research, and practical advice, Andrew breaks down why networking is not about using people for advancement, but about building trust, visibility, and genuine human connection over time.</p><p>Drawing from the course Networking Within the Company and research featured in Harvard Business Review, this conversation covers:</p>Why many professionals avoi...

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