Striving for remarkable. Getting better every day. Always doing more. These are all mottos of the best employees, the actively engaged employees, the successful employees. What’s the opposite of this? A Bottom Feeder. A Bottom Feeder is typically in the
Read more →Blog Post contributed by Nolan Knight All managers have a particular style of managing. In order to be effective as a manager you must also understand that you have strengths that relate directly to your management style as well as weaknesses
Read more →We came across this article, 10 Ways to Step Up Your Leadership Today, which is well worth a few minutes to read. Are you getting caught up in the weeds? Are you spending too much time trying to fix under
Read more →My partner, Nolan Knight, often tells the story of his daughters spending hours building a playhouse out of gym mats and how his 3-year old son can tear down their work within seconds. The moral of the story is that
Read more →Most community bankers, when asked what makes them different from the regional and national banks, will tell you their personalized service is the difference. That may be the case with some community banks, because we know a few of those,
Read more →Watching this commercial really brought some things into mind that in the age of facebook, twitter, email, etc. It’s easy to let electronic media become our main or even our only form of communication and networking. It actually seems like
Read more →Last week I needed to purchase a roll (100) of postcard stamps. No problem, I’d go to the local post office, pick them up, be back home in a few minutes. Simple enough… or so I thought. When asking for
Read more →I’ve always paid attention to the phrase, “people judge you by the words you use” or “it’s better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove any doubt.” While those are important things to keep
Read more →Here’s the headline of a recent article from Businessweek – “Napping Your Way To The Top“. I’m at a loss… Can’t say I’m overly surprised by anything I read or hear these days… but, really??? I read another article referencing
Read more →Most organizations have a problem in the area of communication. We’ve addressed this problem by introducing Communication Non-Negotiables such as no tolerance for gossip and following the chain of command. But there are other mistakes many people make in communicating
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