Leadership During Crisis – Insights From Mark Turner

Mark Turner and I have known each other for many years.  I have always admired his leadership style, and the great results his company achieved under his guidance speak for themselves.  Mark was also named “Banker of The Year” by American Banker a couple of years ago, a well-deserved recognition. I was honored when Mark joined a recent CEO call to share his insights about crisis leadership.  So I asked him to write an article…

Minimum Viable Product – Development The MVP Way

By Justin Bauer Banking is not a product-led industry; products are essential in organic growth and bank success.  Data alone will not set you up for a good product, though. The combination of art and science leads towards creating a successful product. At Productized 2018, Justin Bauer from Amplitude brought these two worlds together. The summary of his talk below outlines how to use vision, strategy, and results to win. HISTORY LESSON Justin’s presentation started…

The Future Bankers Leadership Program at TSU – How Vision Turned into Reality to Increase Diversity in Commercial Banking

By George Martinez and Anat Bird George Martinez and I met years ago after he read my first book about SuperCommunity Banking. I have served on the board of the first bank he founded, which eventually was sold to Comerica. He repeated that achievement and more.  He is a true visionary.  The article below is about his tenacity in turning his vision of making commercial banking an accessible career path for black students into reality. While George…