As part of our Leadership Series on the Lykken on Lending program, we’re very excited to welcome Ken Jones into the Hot Topic segment this week!
Ken Jones is the President at resX Warehouse Lending, a Division of United Bank, and he’s on the program today to discuss a key topic about expanding your business, and it all comes down to what he refers to as the pillars of successful leadership!
Pillars of Successful Leadership
As Ken points out in his notes for this interview, effective leadership must have a foundation of trust. Beyond that, here are the three topics he’ll cover in his interview on the pillars of successful leadership:
- Creating a Vision (cause, purpose, collaboration)
- Being Vulnerable (I don’t know everything, use resources, admit to mistakes, be caring and humble)
- Doing What’s Right (protect the company means protecting the teammate)
With Ken’s extensive career as a leader in the mortgage industry, check out this Hot Topic interview and be sure to share it with your team! With Ken sharing so many of his personal experiences as a leader there’s so much to learn from him!
More About Ken Jones
Ken Jones, Senior Executive with extensive experience in business expansion; corporate change management; mergers and acquisitions; sales force recruiting/management; and strategy development.
Areas of Expertise: Developing and launching new business ventures in both bank and non-bank environments. A subject matter expert in Warehouse Lending and Mortgage Banking. Well respected leader and mentor within peer group.
Weekly Mortgage Updates
The first half of the Lykken on Lending program will feature our Weekly Updates: we’ve got Rob VanRaaphorst with his MBA Mortgage Minute, and then Les Parker’s TMSpotlight, a macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. That leads to Joe Farr providing you a rate & market update, followed by Alice Alvey of Union Home providing a regulatory & legislative update, Allen Pollack giving us a Tech Report of the latest technology impacting our industry and then we wrap up the first half the program with Andy Schell, a/k/a “Profit Doctor” sharing ideas on how to improve your bottom line.
Excerpts from the Hot Topic Interview:
Listen: Working in public and non public companies I’ve learned not one style fits all…
Listen: There’s been a reshaping of people’s values and goals… being sensitive to people’s common values to encourage growth…
Listen: The foundation for great leadership is to build trust… if you can’t build and maintain trust then any relationship is doomed…
Listen: Want to understand your team better? Check out The 5 Dysfunctions of a team…
Listen: Building at the speed of trust… if you can build trust on the internet your e-commerce will be much better…
Listen: Create and communicate a vision…. always be consistently communicating the vision of where the team is going…
Listen: A story about creating a vision… when you rally people around a cause you generally get good results…
Listen: Being a good leader requires you to be vulnerable with your team… it builds trust… we want to be valued and appreciated…
Listen: When it comes to team players, the three attributes to a person’s character need to be hungry, smart, and humble…
Listen: As a leader it’s my job to protect the team… doing what’s right.. focus on landing the plane safely….
Listen: Being ethical and thoughtful and setting high standards for yourself you increase your chances of success leading teams…
Listen: Trust is the foundation of successful leadership…
Listen: Any tips or suggestions for how to align staff with the company vision… communication builds trust and cohesiveness on the team…
Listen: The most important aspect of communication is being a good listener… listening to your staff says I hear you and I value you..
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