Welcome to Season 2 of The Bolder Banking Podcast.  We are launching Season 2 with a series entitled, “Your Future Self,” where we ask Community Banking Leaders what advice they would give to younger versions of themselves.

Our guest on this episode is Sheila Noll, Chief Operations Officer at Midwest Independent BankersBank. Sheila shares the work she has done on the Faster Payments initiative and gives some great advice to her younger self.

Our guest on this episode of The Bolder Banking Podcast is Karl Nelson, Founder and CEO of KPN Consulting. Karl was instrumental in the conversations that led to the creation of GSBC’s Executive Development Institute for Community Bankers and currently serves on the EDI faculty.

This was a very thoughtful conversation where we discussed the top developmental needs for community bank CEOs, the importance of Bank Executives having a deep understanding of liquidity and credit, succession planning for community banks and what Bank Leaders of the future will look like.

Our guest on this episode of The Bolder Banking Podcast is Carle Churgin, Co-Founder and Majority Partner in Chain Reaction Partners, a firm that works with technical, scientific and educational organizations to bring out the best in leaders and teams.

We focused our conversation on Carle’s work as a coach at The Executive Development Institute For Community Bankers, a dynamic program offered by GSBC.  We talked specifically about Talent Management and Succession Planning and how critical these are to the long-term success of all banks.

Our guest on this episode of The Bolder Banking Podcast is Dave Nowling who is the Leadership Chair and Faculty Member in GSBC’s Executive Development Institute for Community Bankers.

This was a great conversation where we discussed the details of EDI, including its origin, the data that has been gathered over the 10 years since the launch of the program, how the program’s coaches focus on key characteristics when working with the participants, success stories and the finally the future of EDI.

Our guest on this episode of The Bolder Banking Podcast is Mike Jacobson, President/CEO of NebraskaLand Bank.

Mike currently serves in the Nebraska State Senate. We know you will not only love the story of Mike’s journey, but also his thoughts of how Bankers are uniquely positioned to add value as an elected official.

Our guest on this episode of The Bolder Banking Podcast is Tanya Mims, Fayetteville Community President at First National Bank of Northwest Arkansas.

Tanya serves as a Fair Housing Commissioner, an appointed position in the state of Arkansas. I know you will love this episode as we discuss both the benefits and challenges of public service.

Our guest on this episode of The Bolder Banking Podcast is John Day, President and CEO of First Security Bank in Oklahoma City.

We know you will love this episode as John tells the story of how the bank became a Minority Depository Institution, the importance of the bank in the OKC community and he also shares how the best job interview he ever had eventually led to his current role as President and CEO of First Security Bank.

Welcome to The Bolder Banking Podcast. As you know, The Graduate School of Banking at Colorado is committed to sharing bolder ideas and bolder perspectives from industry leaders.

During this year’s Annual School Session, students had the opportunity to nominate fellow students who are demonstrating these bolder ideas and perspectives.

In this episode, we are featuring one of those nominees, Robin Banell. Robin is Executive Vice President and COO at First Enterprise Bank in Oklahoma City.

We know you will enjoy this episode in which Robin shares an initiative she led to design and bring to fruition Virtual Telecommunications Rooms that customers, local small business owners and members of the Oklahoma City community will be able to utilize for meetings that will allow for virtual attendees.

Welcome to The Bolder Banking Podcast. As you know, The Graduate School Of Banking at Colorado is committed to sharing bolder ideas and bolder perspectives from industry leaders.

During this year’s Annual School Session, students had the opportunity to nominate fellow students who are demonstrating these bolder ideas and perspectives.

In this episode, we are featuring one of those nominees, Melissa Payne. Melissa is Vice President, Service Center and Virtual Banking at MidWestOne Bank. We were joined on the podcast by Ana Maria Senica, First Vice President, Regional Retail Manager, also of MidWestOne Bank.

We know you will enjoy this episode in which Melissa and Ana Maria share MidWestOne Bank’s initiative called R.I.S.E., which stands for Retention, Innovation, Support, Empowerment. They also have an initiative called Women of R.I.S.E.

The focus of these groups is to talk about diversity, share ideas and make certain the bank is opening doors for all employees to help...

As you know, GSBC is committed to sharing bolder ideas and bolder perspectives from industry leaders.

During this year’s Annual School Session, students had the opportunity to nominate fellow students who are demonstrating these bolder ideas and perspectives.

In this episode, we are featuring one of those nominees, Joe Fanning.  Joe just completed his 2^nd year at GSBC and is Senior Vice President of Retail for Bank Of The Flint Hills.  We know you will enjoy this episode in which Joe shares how he implemented the delegation of bank-wide projects and programs to different branches.  The results the bank achieved were awesome and the boost in engagement and morale were off the charts.