Tag: 2016

  • Holiday Humor from KSB Consulting – 2016

    Thank you for your support throughout the year.  Have a safe and happy holiday season.

  • Recruiting and Enticing High Performing Teams

    See below a great article from Laura Hay at Pearl Meyer about recruiting and enticing teams.  We are seeing banks get more aggressive and creative to get top talent in key expansion markets.  I encourage my clients to understand WHAT is being offered in the market, and then be creative within their own boundaries to attract…

  • Attracting and Retaining Commercial Bankers

    The article below highlights the challenges that many of my clients are having attracting and retaining top commercial banking talent as they work hard to profitably grow the bank.  I thought it was worth sharing. Thursday, May 12, 2016 12:54 PM ET Commercial lending talent in short supply By Kevin DobbsKevin Dobbs is a senior reporter…

  • Characteristics of High Emotional Intelligence

    At KSB Consulting, we pay attention to Emotional Intelligence as a part of how we evaluate candidates in our recruiting process.  Our sister company, Ascend Profiles, uses personality profiling to assess each candidate’s Emotional Intelligence.  The article below provides 10 bullet points that highlight characteristics of people with high emotional intelligence. The article is highly…

  • Leveraging the Dramatic Changes in the Regional Banking Landscape

    The regional landscape in community banking is changing quite dramatically.  For evidence of this, look no farther than the three significant acquisitions that were announced in North Carolina in the past several months: Capital Bank acquiring CommunityOne Bank, Yadkin Bank acquiring NewBridge Bank, and Bank of North Carolina acquiring High Point Bank.  With regional and mid-sized…