Four Leadership Lessons Learned from St. Paul’s Crusaders
Leadership is taking limited information and striking down a path with the commitment needed to succeed in the endeavor. It is motivating others to follow you into uncertainty, while maximizing […]
A Whale of a Tale: Enloe State Bank
“The bank’s on fire!” So said the panicked cleaning person that ran across the parking lot from the bank to the adjacent restaurant. “Call 9-1-1!” The bank in reference was […]
Bank Cash Forecasting: Pandemic Edition
My friends at CFO Consulting Partners most recent newsletter included timely and helpful tips on re-forecasting your cash, which is suddenly incredibly important, particularly in financial institutions that entered the […]
Improve Bank Boards Through a Disciplined Nomination Process
“Rigorous, peer-reviewed studies suggest that companies do not perform better when they have women on the board. Nor do they perform worse.” ~ Katherine Klein, University of Pennsylvania Do you […]
Unintended Consequences of Executive Change in Control Provisions
You’re a top performer at your bank and an executive from a competing bank wants you on their team. You recently got a new boss, and it isn’t gelling. So […]
Employee Retention: Keep the Keepers
You have a highly valued employee, and they quit. Why? The boss? The culture? The pay? I’m sure if I searched for credible sources, I would get some version of […]
IMO: How To Make Telecommuting Work in Banks
Schlepping to the office five days a week is enough to make employees, or would be employees, reconsider working for you. This is particularly true in urban areas, where 20 […]
What Makes an Effective Community Banking Board?
How do you construct an effective bank board of directors? A question frequently asked, seldom answered. According to the FDIC, directors’ responsibilities include: “Directors are responsible for selecting, monitoring, […]
The Federal Home Loan Bank System: Lender of Next-to-Last Resort
“The FDIC recently has observed instances of liquidity stress at a small number of insured banks.” So opened the Summer 2017 FDIC Supervisory Insights issue. And so went your exams. […]