Entrepreneurial Banking: Teaching Old Bankers New Tricks

The new entrepreneurial generation is noted by its distribution of responsibility and reward to employees and by its more effective communication of goals through the organization. Employee recognition is the key to high productivity. During a period of rapid growth, some BB&T Financial Corp. ma...

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Published in:Bankers monthly 1990-02, Vol.107 (2), p.58
Main Author: Hawk, Kathleen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Banking industry
Banks
Bennett, David
Changes
Clark, David R
Compensation
Diesel, Paul
Employees
Entrepreneurs
Grant, James
Incentive Plans
Kanas, John Adam
Lynch, Dudley
Marketing
Motivation
Myerson, Jan
Organizational behavior
Productivity
Savings & Loan Associations
Silver, Rudy
Strategic planning
Thomas, William S
Wilson, Larry
Work ethic
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Summary:The new entrepreneurial generation is noted by its distribution of responsibility and reward to employees and by its more effective communication of goals through the organization. Employee recognition is the key to high productivity. During a period of rapid growth, some BB&T Financial Corp. managers implemented an employee empowerment movement, encouraging an entrepreneurial behavior that is still in effect today. One of the hallmarks of entrepreneurial banks is the development of smaller units of management that are responsible for meeting profitability goals, developing markets, and business plans. Other aspects involve creating an awareness of productivity, employee involvement, and a new emphasis on individual and group initiative. There is a growing acceptance that management units are teams of equals with different job descriptions. Bringing executives down to street level and offering incentives are yielding positive results.
ISSN:0005-5476