The smartest community bankers are living the good life Opportunity abounds and the best community banks are taking advantage of it. Competition from the weaker community banks and the large banks is limited at best. The weaker community banks are drowning under the weight
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Creating an unpaid salesforce in your community bank. Community banks and bankers that fail to understand the value of Advocacy are leaving one of their main advantages on the table. One of the popular terms in the community banking world is “Relationship
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Why are 80% of community bank accounts not making money? New regulation is consuming valuable time and money from community banks, putting many in survival mode. While it’s critically important to spend the time and assets on regulation, many community
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Leadership excuses are killing your “Relationship Based Culture” Should a leader be feared or loved? Are leaders made or born? Wherever you stand on these questions, none of it matters when it comes to making excuses. The leader that lives by the
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Management excuses that are destroying your “Relationship Based Culture” In our last post we discussed the Top 5 Excuses Made by Employees. Today we’re looking at the community bank manager. The manager’s job is to implement the vision and culture of the
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Excuses will doom your “Relationship Based Culture” Community Bankers… the little guy, the ones who offer the best service, the caring people, the local bankers making local decisions, and the list goes on. Seems like we have it all covered, but
Read more →90% of all leaders and managers seem to be hopelessly looking for that proverbial, silver bullet that will solve all problems while at the same time, magically produce record profits within the next three tmonths. After that, they’re off to the
Read more →Our last post was about relationships so we figured we’d stay on the same track for this post. The latest news we’ve read states that there are over 1.35 billion monthly active users on Facebook. And if you look up
Read more →I’ve had checking and other accounts (at different banks) for over 30 years. I’ve had business checking accounts for over 20 years. I’ve had numerous loans over those years. I’ve dealt with regional banks, national banks, but mostly community banks. The
Read more →“If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it still make a sound”? Of course it does! If your employees are doing a poor job of handling your phones, but no one
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