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Poised for Exit

Welcome to the Poised for Exit podcast! Poised for Exit is an under 30-minute strategic planning guidance podcast for busy small business owners. Each week you’ll hear certified exit planning advisor, Julie Keyes, talk with a range of entrepreneurs and professionals about preparing your business for a future transition. Guests at every stage of company ownership will share their personal stories and lessons learned about topics such as the anatomy of the exit planning process, developing a growth strategy, how to sell on your terms, exit planning for women small business owners, handling business diversity, and how to sell a family business. Whether you’re planning an exit in the near future or not, this show will provide you with the same action-oriented content that Julie utilizes while consulting with Keyestrategies clients. Building an exit strategy can be overwhelming, especially with all the decisions and details you have to consider. “Poised for Exit” will simplify the process and help you unwrap the unknowns, giving you more confidence in your planning process. Previous episodes are available for download, so if you are new to our show, you can listen to them in any order that suits you. Join us each week for timely, relevant content that will surely impact your business exit outcome! Subscribe to our newsletter below to receive your weekly episode link and stay updated on new strategic planning content. Find “Poised for Exit” on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, and others. Thank you to our Sponsors: Sunbelt Business Advisers and JAK CPA's. A special note of thanks to Tyler Keyes who produced the music for the “Poised for Exit” show.

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What does it take to be a female CEO of a Regional Bank? Tenacity!

September 25, 2024 • Julie Keyes • Season 1 • Episode 212

What does it take to be a female CEO of a Regional Bank? Tenacity!

Our guest in today's episode is Angie O'Neill, President and CEO of MN Bank & Trust. Angie shares some very interesting stories and perspectives that were inspiring and motivating as well. How many female CEOs of a bank do you know? We didn't personally know any until today's show!

Angie's primary focus is on the people; customers first. When it's about giving great service, she's always focused on the customer, which is how she became so respected throughout her journey to the top position! She's a people person, loves to collaborate, and the team approach is the way to solve for just about anything. Her open door policy has her employees feeling at ease and her clients still call her (even though she's not handling their banking needs herself anymore). A shining example of a client centric leader.

She always worked very hard, advocating for her clients beyond expectations and putting in the extra effort to keep them engaged and happy. She treats her staff the same way.

There are lots of big things happening at MN Bank & Trust, like a merger with UMB! . Angie says bringing the two banks together will make for a commercial banking powerhouse, and grow the services that business owners need and want beyond the impressive menu they already have, not to mention the two cultures are a great fit!

When I asked her how she was able to become so successful in banking, she said the primary trait was tenacity. We could all use a little more of that in our world, couldn't we?

You will love listening to her interview! Find it here!

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