by The Emmerich Group | Jun 26, 2025 | Creating an Accountability Culture, Culture, Effective Leadership, Employee Training, High Performance, Hiring for Performance, Managing Employees, Profitability and Growth, Succession Planning, Workplace Culture
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...
by The Emmerich Group | Jun 19, 2025 | Creating an Accountability Culture, Culture, Effective Leadership, Employee Training, High Performance, Hiring for Performance, Managing Employees, Profitability and Growth, Succession Planning, Workplace Culture
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....
by The Emmerich Group | Nov 21, 2024 | Accountability, Creating an Accountability Culture, Culture, Effective Leadership, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, High Performance, Managing Employees, Profitability and Growth, Workplace Culture
Trick question for you. What is the number one motivator for employees? Every time I talk with executives, they often suggest that paying employees more—up to a certain level—is the answer. Sure, research supports this to some extent, but that’s not the full...
by The Emmerich Group | Nov 14, 2024 | Accountability, Creating an Accountability Culture, Culture, Effective Leadership, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, High Performance, Managing Employees, Profitability and Growth, Workplace Culture
In talking to hundreds of bank CEOs, I’ve heard the same repeated message. We’ve got good people. They have good customer service skills, but they don’t really know how to bring in the entire relationship at premium pricing,...
by The Emmerich Group | Nov 7, 2024 | Accountability, Creating an Accountability Culture, Culture, Effective Leadership, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, High Performance, Managing Employees, Profitability and Growth, Workplace Culture
Many of us dream of working in an environment that energizes us and is surrounded by competence. In this episode, I’ll discuss how you can improve your organization’s culture—the leading predictor of future growth and profitability—in just a matter of...
