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Hiring & Retention

For the banks. How to hire producers and credit officers, keep them through a cycle, and read a hiring window before your competitor does.

This track is for the buyers. Twenty-five years of placing production and credit talent has taught me the same lesson over and over: the hire is the easy part, and the retention is where the value is won or lost. These are the reads I'd give you on a call, not the ones that sound good in a pitch.

June 22, 2026

The long view: why I'll talk you out of the wrong hire

The fastest way to lose a placement is to push the wrong one through. Here's why I won't, and why it's the most valuable thing I do.

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More lands here as Jon writes it — roughly two pieces a month.