How Elite CEOs Run Game-Changing Board Meetings

Too many community bank board meetings are packed with data—but empty of direction. And that misstep is quietly draining performance. This week, Roxanne unpacks how the Top 5% of banks engineer boardrooms that drive real results:  Discover why dumping data doesn’t...

What the Best Banks Know—and the Rest Still Don’t Get

Want to know why the top-performing banks in America consistently win awards and crush benchmarks while others plateau? The insider playbook reveals:  ✅ They reject cultural drift and chase profit, not volume. ✅ They engineer magnetic cultures that boost referrals and...

What the Best Banks Measure (and the Rest Miss): The Hidden Levers of Top Gun Leaders

Most banks obsess over lagging indicators—by the time those metrics show up, the opportunity to fix the problem has passed. Top Gun Bank CEOs flip that equation. They engineer outcomes by focusing on behavior-driven leading indicators that drive revenue and...

Halfway Is No Excuse

Midyear Banking Strategy: Accelerate Growth, Don’t Apologize As midyear pressures mount, community banks must lead with agility, not anxiety. This episode gives you the framework to do just that—fast. It’s midyear—a critical checkpoint in your annual banking strategy....

Top Bank Doubled Revenue with 1/3 Fewer Staff—Here’s How

If your efficiency ratio strategy is built on budget slashing, you’re playing a losing game. Freezing your training budget. Cutting headcount. Shoving top talent into shared hotel rooms. These aren’t signs of smart leadership—they’re signs of survival-mode thinking....

Bank Drama is Draining Your Profits—Here’s the Proven Fix

Toxic conflict is draining your bank’s profits—and it’s worse than you think. According to recent research, workplace conflict costs American businesses $359 billion annually in lost productivity. And yes, your bank is part of that equation. Endless unproductive...