by The Emmerich Group | Feb 5, 2026 | Creating an Accountability Culture, Culture, Effective Leadership, Employee Engagement, High Performance, Managing Employees, Profitability and Growth, Sales & Marketing
Most banks lie to themselves about culture. They treat it like window dressing—something HR manages, or worse, a “culture committee” babysits with doughnuts and posters. And then they wonder why execution crumbles, margins shrink, and their best talent bolts for...
by The Emmerich Group | Sep 24, 2025 | Bank Acquisitions, Creating an Accountability Culture, Culture, Effective Leadership, Employee Engagement, High Performance, Managing Employees, Profitability and Growth, Sales & Marketing
Most Bank Mergers Fail. Here’s What the Top 1% Do Differently. Your plan won’t save you.
Not in a merger. Not in disruption. Not when the pressure’s on.
Because plans don’t execute themselves—people do. And if your culture can’t carry the weight, the whole thing...
by The Emmerich Group | Sep 11, 2025 | Creating an Accountability Culture, Culture, Effective Leadership, Employee Engagement, High Performance, Managing Employees, Profitability and Growth, Sales & Marketing
Most banks lie to themselves about culture. They treat it like window dressing—something HR manages, or worse, a “culture committee” babysits with doughnuts and posters. And then they wonder why execution crumbles, margins shrink, and their best talent bolts for...
by The Emmerich Group | May 15, 2025 | Bank Marketing, Sales & Marketing, USP
Most banks don’t have a performance problem—they have a pretending problem. When people pretend not to see standards or hear deadlines, accountability culture in banks breaks down, and execution turns into excuses. A nationwide survey revealed that 87% of bank...
by The Emmerich Group | May 7, 2025 | Bank Marketing, Sales & Marketing, USP
If your bank marketing strategy isn’t driving premium growth—or if your team still leans on clichés like “great service” or “we’ve been around 80 years”—you’ve got a positioning problem. In this week’s video, you’ll discover why most bank branding mistakes start with...
by The Emmerich Group | Apr 10, 2025 | Deposits, High Performance, Marketing Plan, Profitability and Growth, Sales & Marketing, Sales Process, USP
Bankers, let me ask you a brutal but necessary question:Why are you still playing checkers while the top-performing banks are playing 4D chess with deposit growth? If your team is still competing on rates, slapping up tired “Free Checking” banners, and praying your CD...
