CEO Q&A: Providing Small Business Lifelines
A conversation with Brent Beardall on WaFd Bank’s response to COVID-19.
Browsing: Leadership
Podcast: Minority Banks and Financial Inclusion
First Independence Bank was founded 50 years ago to help rebuild Detroit’s economy in the wake of damaging urban violence. Today, in a new era of economic hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic, and protests and unrest in response to incidents of racial injustice, minority depository institutions continue to have a unique role in serving distressed communities.
Lessons in Loss: Ag Lenders on Surviving Tough Times
As a record expansion ground to a halt, a whole new generation of bankers has had no experience with a down cycle. What can bankers nationwide learn from the challenged agricultural economy of the past decade about the role of emotional intelligence in banking?
Three Ways Bank CEOs Can Lead the Social Media Charge
Now more than ever, it’s time for financial CEOs to stop shying away from social and start inspiring digitally connected futures for their companies.
CEO Q&A: Opportunity Rising in the Midwest
After a career as a nonprofit executive, Midwest BankCentre Chairman and CEO Orvin Kimbrough discusses the unique perspective he brings to his role and how his bank is reaching underserved communities in the St. Louis area.
Podcast: Building a Career as a Community Banker
Two rising community bank executives in North Carolina share lessons in career development and leadership.
From Washing Windows to Walking the Halls of Congress
Missouri banker Dan Robb’s journey from maintenance man to industry advocate.
Podcast: One Bank CEO on How Diversity Fuels Innovation
It takes a “diversity of imagination” to drive innovation in community banking, says Lead Bank CEO and Vice Chairman Josh Rowland.
The Community Bank Contrarian
Whether it’s buying a mortgage division in 2009 or building a diversified product set in an age of nichification, community bank CEO Luanne Cundiff zigs when pundits say to zag.
Podcast: Bankers You’d Like to Spend a Third of Your Life With
You spend a third of your life at work, says Jeremy Callais. “You can teach someone how to do banking. We hire people who we want to spend a third of our lives with. We tend to think that the customers like to bank with those people too.”