Pub. 10 2021 Issue 4

Pub. 10 2021 Issue 4 29 Jeannette Richardson (center: Prairie Bank of Kansas, Hutchinson) and Frank Carson, III (right; Carson Bank, Mulvane) share leadership lessons with the BLOK Class during a panel moderated by KBA SVP-Government Relations Alex Orel (left). Brian Schwarz (First Bank Kansas, Salina), Andrew Ellner (Country Club Bank, Olathe), and Kaylene Plummer (Farmers State Bank, Westmoreland) confer on a group exercise emphasizing the barriers that come with working in professional teams. Lacey Frehe (United Bank & Trust, Seneca), Chris Bartlett (First National Bank of Kansas, Waverly), Chris Kuckelman (Exchange Bank & Trust, Lansing), and Brian Schwarz (First Bank Kansas, Salina) strategize during a group activity. Ted Garnett facilitates a group activity teaching the importance of peer-to-peer accountability. Lance Caldwell (IntraFi Network, Overland Park), Heather Campbell (KCoe Isom, Wichita), Blake Yakel (Equity Bank, Wichita), and David Moore (Central National Bank, Lawrence) learn to communicate a vision. The BLOK Class discusses the importance of both having mentors and being a mentor. Ed Dewey (GNBank, N.A., Bucklin) learns to trust his classmates during an exercise. Surrounding him are Denise Kissinger (INTRUST Bank, N.A., Lawrence), Jeff Steiner (FHLBank Topeka, Topeka), JimMetz (Citizens State Bank & Trust Co., Lincoln), and Aaron Zadina (Centera Bank, Greensburg). Kevin Bomhoff with the Kansas Leadership Center emphasizes that leadership is a role that anyone within the bank can take on.