Deposit Growth Without Begging or Discounting—Here’s How the Top 1% of Banks Do It [VIDEO]

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...

Accountabilibuddies: The Power of Mutual Accountability [VIDEO]

I hear the same thing everywhere I go—”We need to build an accountability culture!” Great idea, right? But here’s the problem: we’ve been saying this for decades, and most organizations haven’t moved the needle. So why do we keep talking about the same...

Second Order Thinking—No More ‘Pedestrian Thinking’ [VIDEO]

I have a book that I love—a book I read a couple of times last year and still reference often. It’s called Intelligent Thinking—which, let’s be honest, sounds like a pretty good thing to do. On pages 58 and 59, the author introduces a powerful concept: first-order...

Buy-In Blueprint: Behavioral Economics at Work [VIDEO]

Are you still working off a to-do list? Well, I’ve got a suggestion for you: throw that list out—and do it now! Not all tasks are created equal, and that’s a big reason why so many organizations never really reach a point of thriving. They don’t take the time to...

News Flash—Markets Don’t Dictate Premium Pricing [VIDEO]

Every time I meet a new bank CEO, I hear the same thing I’ve heard from thousands of other bank CEOs before. They say, “Roxanne, it’s different here.” Here, we have to measure rates. Here, we have pricing competition. That’s just how it is.   I’ll never forget...