Top Performer Banks Use Operational Excellence as a Strategic Imperative?

There’s an old football idiom that says, “the best defense is a great offense” This suggest winning is possible if your team just keep putting points on the board which does have some logic too it.  In discussions of late with community bankers, they seem to adopt this same strategy for achieving their business goals.  […]

Getting Ready for CECL

I was at a risk conference put on by the ABA a couple of years ago and one of the hot topics was the coming new rules and adoption of Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) accounting standard. At that time, the larger institutions had begun implementing their various strategies and approaches to meeting the new […]

Single Biggest Overlooked Opportunity in Community Banks

XYZ bank’s competitive edge is our people and how we serve our clients. Sound familiar? In 25 years of working with bank clients- large or small, the steady competitive strategic edge uttered repeatedly how they provide their clients with great service. The follow up question of HOW do you achieve delivering this superior understanding and […]

Getting Ready for CECL

Getting Ready for CECL I was at a risk conference put on by the ABA a couple of years ago and one of the hot topics was the coming new rules and adoption of Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) accounting standard. At that time, the larger institutions had begun implementing their various strategies and approaches […]

Single Biggest Overlooked Opportunity in Community Banks

XYZ bank’s competitive edge is our people and how we serve our clients. Sound familiar? In 25 years of working with bank clients- large or small, the steady competitive strategic edge uttered repeatedly how they provide their clients with great service. The follow up question of HOW do you achieve delivering this superior understanding and […]

Top Performer Banks Use Operational Excellence as a Strategic Imperative?

There’s an old football idiom that says, “the best defense is a great offense” This suggest winning is possible if your team just keep putting points on the board which does have some logic too it.  In discussions of late with community bankers, they seem to adopt this same strategy for achieving their business goals.  […]