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The past three years have been a transformative time for banks. Here's how Stonier helped bankers toss out old playbooks and write new ones on the fly.
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According to newly released Gallup figures, just 30 percent of American workers are engaged in their work. The rest are described as disengaged, with 17 percent actively disengaged, "which means they are literally trying to sabotage the organization," notes Neil Stevens.
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First Horizon Bank offers some eye-catching numbers on the bank's gender balance: Women make up 62 percent of its executive team, 54 percent of its top 1,200 corporate managers and 33 percent of its board of directors.
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A new Women CEO Peer Group co-hosted by ABA and Bank on Women aims to shine a spotlight on the lack of women in leadership roles in banking.
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Anne Tangen, a bank IT expert-turned-CEO at BankFive in Fall River, Massachusetts, talks about BankFive's efforts to reduce friction in the account opening process, as well as her work to smooth the path for talented women in the community bank C-suite.
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Following mergers, former CEOs and board chairs may have to adapt to smaller roles, but their experience remains valuable.
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Community Bankers Council Chair Jeremy Callais views relationships as the sector’s greatest strength.
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Open communication, transparency key to preventing board rifts from becoming gulfs.
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"When we're able to take banking to them, at a place where they already have trust with their employer, that's a bridge," says Jennifer Huffman of Atlantic Union Bank's workplace banking product. "From there we're able to grow that relationship."
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One bank’s focus on continuous improvement means associates know they will continue to get new options, and the bank will continue to listen to their feedback.
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As CEO of First United Bank and Trust, ABA Treasurer Carissa Rodeheaver views personal relationships as the core business strength of the institution.
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The latest episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast features the winners of ABA's Distinguished Service Awards for Risk and Compliance.
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The ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking recognized 229 graduates today, awarding Stonier diplomas and Wharton leadership certificates.
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How can community bank emerging leaders take initiative in innovation? Tim Shangle advises bankers to take small steps and explore what new technologies can do.
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Meet ABA’s first class of Emerging Leader Award winners.
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Ag leadership development programs provide training and skillsets that translate well into talents needed by successful bankers.
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Meet Saleem Iqbal, ABA’s Community Bankers Council chair.
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As a leader in selecting and developing potential Chick-fil-A restaurant operators for many years, André Kennebrew conducted around 8,500 talent interviews. Here's what he learned about talent from one of America's fastest-growing and top-rated consumer brands.
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Cloud migration was a big deal for banks before COVID, but it kicked into a higher gear than ever as the pandemic drove virtual banking, digital workflows and remote work across the industry.
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Not many bank CEOs can say their first bank job was . . . being CEO. For those who can, they say it brings a unique perspective on leadership to the industry.
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Experiences like Northwest Bank’s are not unprecedented—and sudden death is not the only incident that can rock an organization’s world and trigger the succession plan.
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Advancing women’s leadership in financial services is not just a job for women. It’s a job for all of us, including male CEOs like Zions' Scott Anderson.
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For nearly 200 years, Millbury National Bank has stayed independent as a commercially focused community bank in Massachusetts. Part of that independent tradition owes to the bank's history of multigenerational stewardship.
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In remarks during the American Bankers Association’s Emerging Leaders Forum today, Rep. Lou Correa (D-Calif.) urged attendees to be involved in their community and build relationships with lawmakers.
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On the latest episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast, Ohio bank CEO Mike Vynalek discusses his own journey in community bank advocacy and how he's getting emerging leaders at his bank involved in advocacy.
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BAFT, the American Bankers Association’s global transaction banking subsidiary, today announced the 2022 class of its Future Leaders Program, which recognizes up-and-coming leaders in the transaction banking industry.
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How military veterans are helping bank boards think strategically, react nimbly and work as a team.
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By Scott Anderson ABA Viewpoint or the past year and a half, the conversation about diversity, equity and inclusion has been at the forefront of the nation’s mind—and with good reason. While it builds on work we’ve done as an association—and at my own bank, Zions—for many years, we all have new opportunities to lean [...]
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Meet newly elected ABA Chair Scott Anderson. On the podcast, Anderson discusses his goals for ABA during his chairmanship and his perspective on being "creatively entrepreneurial" as a banker.
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In his first public address as ABA’s new chair, Scott Anderson outlined two big-ticket priorities as he takes the board’s helm: ensuring racial and financial equality and credit union reform.
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Scott Anderson, a consummate behind-the-scenes leader, steps into the spotlight as ABA’s 2021-22 chair.
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In his final remarks to bankers as ABA chair at the ABA Annual Convention, United Bank CEO Jim Edwards challenged bankers to embrace the innovations they deployed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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CEO survey reveals banks’ resilience, commitment to employees and communities
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On the latest episode the ABA Banking Journal Podcast, Berkshire Bank President and CEO Nitin Mhatre discusss Berkshire Bank's "BEST Community Comeback," a new $5 billion ESG-focused initiative at the Massachusetts-based midsize community bank.
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Banking has always been about people and no bank is better than its employees—so it’s incumbent on all of us to recruit the best and brightest.
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