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c. myers live – Grow Your Top Line

As leadership teams continue their strategic discussions, and move into their formal strategic planning process, it’s important that teams don’t lose sight of their top line.
In this c. myers live, we focus on revenue, and things to consider when discussing generating revenue, diversity of revenue, and potential threats.

c. myers live – Strategic Insight into Industry Trends and Topics

As we’re helping clients navigate changes in the environment and impacts to the industry, we’ve been having invaluable, strategic conversations on a wide range of topics. In this c. myers live, we have a free-flowing discussion on some of these latest trends and topics, and why they are so important.

c. myers live Bonus – How Financial Institutions Are Using Derivatives in Their Strategy

In this bonus clip from "Considering Derivatives for Smoothing Earnings and Managing Interest Rate Risk", Rob and Ben expand their conversation and talk about how others are using derivatives in their strategy.

c. myers live – Considering Derivatives for Smoothing Earnings and Managing Interest Rate Risk

Decision-makers are consistently searching for opportunities for more earnings in this low-rate environment.  In this c. myers live, we discuss considerations for adding derivatives to your strategy. Joining us to share his expertise is special guest, Ben Lewis, from Chatham Financial. 
Founded in 1991, Chatham Financial partners with over 200 financial institutions, helping to launch and grow borrower-facing swap programs, and providing support for hedge accounting and regulatory obligations. They execute over $750 billion in transaction volume annually and help clients across industries maximize their value in the capital markets.  
C. myers helps financial institution decision-makers uncover opportunities and continuously optimize their business models. Our depth and range of experience in linking strategy, talent, desired financial performance, and successful execution enables us to work with our clients as strategic collaborators. We have the experience of working with over 600 financial institutions, including 200+ of those over $1 billion in assets.
Please note, c. myers engages Chatham for valuations of our clients' derivatives for financial modeling. However, c. myers remains independent and does not benefit financially should our clients retain Chatham's services. Chatham is also independent and does not benefit financially.  
Learn more about Derivatives:
https://www.chathamfinancial.com/insights/ncua-finalizes-more-flexible-derivatives-rules
https://www.chathamfinancial.com/insights/credit-unions-extending-asset-duration-and-managing-rate-risk

c. myers live – The Potential Liquidity Risk You Should be Considering

Liquidity is currently a focus for many financial institution leadership teams. In particular, teams are strategizing on what to do with all the excess liquidity coming from deposit growth and stimulus money. In this c. myers live, we discuss liquidity, but not in the way you might think. We consider the potential liquidity risk out there, how might you approach evaluating it, and strategic considerations for this liquidity risk exposure.
To read the blog referenced in the podcast, please visit: https://www.cmyers.com/thought-leadership/use-the-business-intelligence-at-your-fingertips-to-have-a-strategic-discussion-about-liquidity/

c. myers live – Are You Getting the Strategic Progress That You Want?

Many institutions we work with are continuously focused on how they can improve their strategic implementation. In this c. myers live, we discuss a few approaches and considerations for institutions looking to build their competency for executing strategic initiatives.

c. myers live – Proactive About Payments

The world of payments is changing rapidly – it’s becoming more complex, and consumers have numerous options to choose from. In this c. myers live, we discuss things to consider when determining your strategic positioning with respect to payments.

c. myers live – Practice Quick Thinking with Napkin Math

One thing we have noticed in this fast changing world is how the need to make quick, good decisions is speeding up. In this c. myers live, we provide napkin math examples to help you practice quickly estimating the impact of potential decisions and help move conversations to considering various actions.
Ready to check your answers? Visit our website: https://www.cmyers.com/thought-leadership/c-myers-live-practice-quick-thinking-with-napkin-math/

c. myers live – Revving Up Your Loan Volume

While working with institutions during their budgeting process, we noticed that many were planning on loan volume decreasing. While that might happen, it doesn’t mean you can’t put up a fight to increase it. In this c. myers live, we discuss some tips on how to analyze your loan production and processes in effort to optimize your loan volume.

c. myers live – Strategic Planning is Done – Now What?

Strategic planning is sometimes the easy part. Strategic implementation – getting the right things done – is often a challenge.
In this c. myers live, we discuss some of the actions leaders are taking to elevate implementation to the strategic level.