CMA Global, Inc.

05/26/2026

The Leadership Advantage (TLA) is a hands-on learning program for leaders who are ready to take their skills to the next level.

TLA is designed around the participants, with multi-modal workshop sessions and training designed to facilitate knowledge implementation, skill sustainability, and continuous learning.

Registration deadline is approaching. If you have a mid-to senior-level leader who's ready to grow, now's the time to act.

Learn more and apply at the link below.

Because when the leadership skills of your employees improve, everyone wins.

The Leadership Advantage is a leadership program designed for mid- to senior-level executives ready to take their leadership skills to the next level.

05/21/2026

Effective leadership development in financial organizations starts with an honest picture of where leaders are, not where they should be based on tenure or title.

A useful starting question is simple: where is the most significant leadership gap right now? Is it a gap in individual capability? Team dynamics?

From there, CMA Global's leadership development programs help leaders develop judgment through practice, structured reflection, and feedback.

The goal is not leaders who can describe better leadership. It's leaders who make different decisions and build different cultures because their underlying behavioral patterns have shifted, thanks to sustained development.

Grounded in behavioral science and informed by the realities of financial environments, our work helps organizations build leadership capability where it actually breaks down.

Most financial institutions invest in leadership development. Few measure whether it works. Here is what deliberate development looks like.

05/20/2026

Once a month, our consultants step back from client work to come together. ⁠
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We troubleshoot real client challenges as a group, sharpen our skills, and push each other to be better with direct conversations and different perspectives. ⁠
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This month, we did that at our Denver office, and made time for some fun while we were at it.⁠
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We know the difference between a team that performs well in ideal conditions, and a team that actually trusts each other. ⁠
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We try to build both.⁠
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05/15/2026

Interviews reveal what a candidate wants you to know, & resumes document what a candidate has done. Neither tells you how that person operates as a leader when conditions become difficult.

The four risks outlined in the graphic below are the ones we see most often in financial organizations. Leadership selection assessments exist to reduce these risks before the hire, not after.

For financial organizations, the most useful assessments evaluate the behavioral dimensions that predict how a leader will perform in a specific environment, measuring stress responses & behavioral tendencies under pressure to give financial organizations insight that no interview process does.

At CMA Global, we work with financial institutions to build selection processes that improve the quality & reduce the risk of leadership hiring.

Leadership selection assessments in financial institutions reduce hiring risk. A bad hire costs more than the search fee.

05/14/2026

Earlier this week, nearly 300 family business owners and leaders gathered at the Ritz-Carlton St. Louis for our 17th Annual Family Business Speaker Series.⁠
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This year’s featured speakers were Rachel Wallis Andreasson and Tracey Hughes of Wallis Companies, who have navigated the complexities of operating and growing a multigenerational family business firsthand.⁠
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They talked about what actually happens when relational systems break down and growth outpaces governance; and how the strongest family businesses are ones that build trust and accountability with intention, not by assumption.⁠
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What stuck with us? The problems most family businesses face aren't people problems, they’re system problems. And the time to build those systems is before you need them.⁠
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CMA Global is proud to bring conversations like this to the St. Louis business community, and looking forward to the next one.⁠
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05/09/2026

This time last week, several members of our squad were in New Orleans, representing CMA Global at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Annual Conference.

We were proud to contribute to national conversations in our field through accepted research & panel discussions.

Many thanks to all our peers who shared experience, expertise, and explored new ideas with us.

We’re already looking forward to next year!

05/08/2026

In financial institutions, pressure isn’t occasional. Between earnings cycles, regulatory examinations and more, leaders are operating under pressure most of the time.

While most leaders have a reasonably accurate picture of how they perform on good days, they are often less aware of how their behavior shifts when conditions become difficult.

Effective coaching for financial leaders connects behavioral self-awareness directly to the decisions, conversations, and leadership moments those leaders actually face.

The improvement comes from self-awareness applied to real decisions, not from learning a decision-making framework in the abstract.

CMA Global coaches help financial leaders see their own patterns & make better choices in the situations that matter most.

Executive coaching in financial services is different. See how behavioral coaching helps financial leaders perform under pressure and make better decisions.

04/27/2026

Many institutions collect significant organizational data. Engagement surveys, climate assessments, exit interviews.

But as the data accumulates, leaders find themselves sitting on insights they don't know how to act on.

Organizational misalignment in higher education is a highly solvable problem.
However, change in complex institutions doesn't happen through a report delivered at the end of an engagement.

That's why CMA Global consultants work alongside academic leadership teams to interpret what the data reflects, what is driving it, and identify the structural and behavioral changes most likely to produce lasting alignment.

Change happens through sustained support, as leaders begin making different decisions, having difficult conversations, and building new norms across the institution.

Organizational consulting helps universities align leadership, culture, and strategy. Learn how CMA Global approaches this work.

04/24/2026

Our team is growing! We're hiring a staff accountant and would love to connect with someone who enjoys numbers and being part of a collaborative team. Referrals welcomed too!

Follow the link for position and application information: https://cmaconsult.com/careers-opportunities/staff-accountant/

04/23/2026

CMA Global is going to SIOP!

Several of our squad members will be contributing to the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Conference next week through accepted research & panel discussions.

We're proud to see CMA Global represented at SIOP and contributing to national conversations in our field.

Comment if we'll see you there!!

04/22/2026

Institutions that want to strengthen leadership across faculty & administrative teams don't need to overhaul everything at once. A useful starting question is easy: What is the most significant leadership gap right now?

Siloed departments are one of the most consistent sources of institutional friction in higher education.

Development programs that put leaders from different functions into shared learning experiences begin to break down the assumptions that sustain those silos.

When leaders work through real challenges together, they develop shared language & mutual understanding.

Grounded in behavioral science & informed by the realities of higher education, our work at CMA Global helps institutions build leadership capability where actually breaks down.

Leadership development in higher education requires its own approach. Learn how behavioral science-based programs build stronger academic teams.