Today we're kicking off the new year with Dr. Tim Elmore, Founder of Growing Leaders to talk about his latest book, A New Kind of Diversity. Through Growing Leaders, Elmore and his team teach middle school, high school, and college students the skills they need to become authentic leaders. He has shared his insights in more than thirty countries and has written more than twenty-five books, including Habitudes: Images That Form Leadership Habits and Attitudes and Generation iY: Our Last Chance to Save Their Future.

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This week we are taking a look back at 5 of our favorite episodes we recorded in 2022. We hope you enjoy!

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This week we are doing a deeper dive into strategic planning with Bert Purdy. Bert is a Partner at FORVIS and serves community banks around the country.

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This week we sit down with our own Steve Young to discuss the 5 key areas of strategic planning that SouthState focuses on.  

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This week we sit down with one of our regular guests, Joe Keating from NBC Securities.  Joe bring a wealth of knowledge of the economy and he provides us with an update and where the Fed's next move may lead. 

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This week we are throwing it back to one of our favorite episodes featuring Jesse Cole. Jesse is the founder of Fans First Entertainment and owner of the Savannah Bananas. The Bananas have sold out every game since their first season and have a waitlist for tickets in the thousands. The team has built a social media following in the millions including becoming known as TikTok's favorite team with over 2 million followers. Jesse has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, MSNBC, ESPN, HBO Real Sports and once at his son's show and tell. He is the author of two best selling books, Find Your Yellow Tux and Fans First. He's been featured on over 1000 podcasts and delivers keynote speeches all over the world sharing the Fans First experience.

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This week we are joined by SouthState team members Mark Bryant and Chrissie Casas. Mark is the Director of Government Lending and Chrissie serves as Director of Digital Banking.  Mark gives us an update on SBA and PPP, and then we discuss what it looks like to build team cohesion within a large bank.  

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This week we sit back down with Ed Kofman to discuss his outlook for rates and why banks may need to put more floating rate loans on their books.

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This week we are excited to bring back one of our most popular guests, Lee Wetherington from Jack Henry. Caleb and Lee discuss open banking, the lasting effects of Covid on digital adoption, and what community banks need to be thinking about for the future.

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This week we are revisiting a topic we last discussed in 2020: funding costs.  We sit down with Jeremy Lucas, Director of Balance Sheet Strategies for SouthState, to get his take on how community banks should be thinking about the recent rate hikes from a deposit perspective.

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