Community banks need to focus more on how their employees talk about the bank and less on new competition moving in.

As banks seek to innovate, executives should accept that ignorance and mistakes are part of the process.

Online banking and self-service options for customers free branch workers to focus on business development. Employees will need to step up to the challenge or they'll be left out.

Bank managers should remember their roots and keep their hands in business development, even as they climb the ranks.

Banks thrive when they invest in their workers as opposed to obsessively tracking the strategies of rival institutions.

Management success isn’t about adopting the latest technology craze or exuding charisma, it’s about prioritizing employees and customers.

The advent of self-service apps has reduced the frequency of customer-employee interactions at banks, but that just makes face-to-face time all the more valuable.

The most important part of being a successful manager is ensuring your direct reports are succeeding.

Sales goals aren’t simply a number to hit, they’re a measure of customer satisfaction and should be treated accordingly.

Banks may be more focused on implementing the newest or flashiest technologies, but good customer service ensures these initiatives are successful.