GSBC draws from the outcomes of student projects and collaborative learning to share bold insights with the industry. By elevating the perspectives of tomorrow’s leaders, we highlight the trends and ideas shaping the future of community banking today.
The Hard Question of managing employees’ desire for a fully or hybrid work environment was framed by a third-year student who looked at the issue through the lens of ensuring the bank’s desired corporate culture…This is a unique challenge for community banks.
The Hard Questions topics for GSBC’s 2023 session were selected from strategic projects developed by the third-year students…The first topic was “Banking as a Service,” or BaaS.
One of GSBC’s intersession projects is completed by members of each peer group. This project is an opportunity for collaboration and peer learning. The groups’ first task last fall was to agree on a topic. This can be a common problem facing each of their organizations, or an area they want to learn more about as a group.
My argument that this is a good time to be a community bank leader likely runs counter to conventional wisdom and how you probably feel as a banker living in this moment. The issues, risks and uncertainty are plentiful.
This past year, one of our student peer groups took on the challenging topic of succession planning for their peer group project. This is a significant issue for the industry impacting all levels of leadership and corporate governance.
This past year, three of our student peer groups chose to tackle the topic of employee retention. This is an issue for many businesses, but banking has its particular issues.
This is Chris Carlson and Welcome to The Bolder Banking Podcast. My guests are Renate Deininger, President and CEO at Iowa Trust and Savings Bank
Our guests on this episode of The Bolder Banking Podcast are Audrey Davis, Experience Product Specialist at Blue Sky Bank and Patrick Tarrants, Senior Examiner
