by The Emmerich Group | Sep 23, 2026 | Accountability, High Performance, Profitability and Growth, Strategic Planning
Your strategic plan may have goals. But does it actually have strategies? After reviewing more than 500 bank strategic plans, one problem appears again and again: banks invest significant time and money creating impressive-looking plans that spell out what they want...
by The Emmerich Group | Sep 16, 2026 | Accountability, High Performance, Profitability and Growth, Strategic Planning
Burn the To-Do List. Your Strategic Plan Is a Lie. Let’s stop pretending. Most bank “strategic plans” are elaborate theater, packed with buzzwords, layered in charts, but built on a foundation of… nothing. This week, Roxanne Emmerich calls out the sham…...
by The Emmerich Group | Sep 10, 2026 | Accountability, Effective Leadership, High Performance, Profitability and Growth, Strategic Planning
There’s a lie baked into most banks’ strategic plans—and it’s costing them growth, margin, and momentum. In this video, Roxanne Emmerich dismantles the illusion that “more projects = more performance”. She reveals the operating-system-level thinking used by the top...
by The Emmerich Group | Jul 9, 2026 | Customer Service, Customer Success, High Performance, Premium Pricing, Profitability and Growth, Sales Process, Sales Training, Strategic Planning, USP
For decades, community bankers have blamed their markets for shrinking margins, rising deposit costs, and the need to match competitors’ rates. But what if the market isn’t the real problem? This week’s video will reveal why the highest-performing...
by The Emmerich Group | Sep 10, 2025 | Accountability, Effective Leadership, High Performance, Profitability and Growth, Strategic Planning
There’s a lie baked into most banks’ strategic plans—and it’s costing them growth, margin, and momentum. In this episode, Roxanne Emmerich dismantles the illusion that “more projects = more performance” and reveals the operating-system-level thinking used by the top...
by The Emmerich Group | Aug 21, 2025 | Accountability, High Performance, Profitability and Growth, Strategic Planning
Burn the To-Do List. Your Strategic Plan Is a Lie. Let’s stop pretending. Most bank “strategic plans” are elaborate theater—packed with buzzwords, layered in charts, but built on a foundation of… nothing. This week, Roxanne Emmerich calls out the sham…...