Overcoming the Confidence Gap
It’s a willingness to develop skills and bridge the confidence gap—to apply for that next job, even if you have self-doubt—that contributes to more women assuming positions of leadership.
Browsing: Women in banking
Podcast: A Small Bank Tackles Rural Housing Affordability
Christie Obenauer’s family-owned bank had a problem. Based in a rural county in western North Dakota, her community had been dealing with the prospect of population decline, but then the North Dakota energy boom brought an influx of newcomers. “It’s a wonderful problem to have.”
Podcast: A Small-Town Bank That Serves Small-Town Banks
Kristie Holoch’s bank is not just in the business of serving farmers, families and small businesses in the 33 Nebraska towns where it has branches — it also serves its fellow Nebraska community banks.
Podcast: How One Bank Built a Young and Diverse Executive Team
Meet a third-generation family-owned community bank that has brought young, ethnic minority bankers onto its executive team.
Women in Sales: No Apologies
By Lorraine Ferguson
Podcast: Challenges and Solutions for Ag Lenders with Heather Malcolm
Heather Malcolm is a central Montana agricultural lender, but when she’s not on the bank, she works on her family’s cattle ranch, which allows her to stay closely in touch with the challenges faced by her loan customers.
Podcast: A Cooperative Model for Fintech Innovation
“Innovation doesn’t have to be in technology,” says Julieann Thurlow. “Innovation can be rethinking about a problem and really thinking about what consumers want and where the need is.”
Podcast: A Rural Ag Bank Dodges the Consolidation Trend
On the latest episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast, Scott discusses how she teamed up with investors in her community to keep Union State Bank independent and provides advice for community bankers seeking to follow the same path.
ABA Congratulates Women Atop ‘Most Powerful,’ ‘Women to Watch’ Lists
ABA today saluted the women named to American Banker Magazine’s “25 Most Powerful Women in Banking” and “25 Women to Watch in Banking” lists for 2018.
Podcast: Creating an Army of Pro-Banking Advocates
With members of Congress heading home during August, it’s a perfect opportunity for bankers to host lawmakers in their banks using ABA’s Take Your Lawmaker to Work program.