by Shaun Heuerman | Oct 22, 2014 | Bank Acquisitions
A lot of bad things happen around acquisitions. If you’re being acquired, it’s rarely pretty. And if you’re the one acquiring, the Wharton School of Business says your chance of failure is greater than 83 percent. And even if you don’t go down in flames in the...
by Shaun Heuerman | Oct 15, 2014 | Sales & Marketing
Your job descriptions could be killing your bank’s performance. We both know you have two types of employees: superstars — and the well-meaning, but average performing players. The superstars are going to excel no matter what. But your average players can do...
by Shaun Heuerman | Oct 8, 2014 | High Performance, Sales & Marketing
Here are four new strategies that I’ve found that are shaping the future of top-performing banks. These strategies are profoundly changing the game of banking, and you should be paying attention to them. #1. Master the right “franchise system.” What if everyone...
by Shaun Heuerman | Oct 2, 2014 | Customer Service, High Performance, Profitability and Growth, Sales & Marketing, Workplace Culture
#1. Culture trumps strategy. Hundreds of studies now show that culture is the leading predictor of future growth and profitability. The Gallup Organization found the increase in earnings per share for companies in the top quartile that have high employee engagement (a...
by Shaun Heuerman | May 10, 2013 | Sales Training
It’s consistent…The one thing that most banks do wrong is sales training. In fact, in most cases, it is a train wreck. Most banks are screaming for loan growth. But they’re not going to get it. They think the only way to achieve that growth is to do traditional...