Research has identified that all effective and successful leaders share certain common characteristics: They all have a high degree of...

Everyone has a personality type. Everyone's personality type impacts their behavior. The Big 5 personality type assessment helps to put...

Strategy vs Culture If an organization has a well-defined strategy that includes a detailed vision, mission, values, self-assessment...

Leader, Manager, and Coach Discussions of leadership are often over-analyzed and misunderstood. In academic circles, the term "leader"...

Leadership is the process by which an executive may direct, guide and influence the behavior and work effort of their staff to accomplish...

Strategic communication, in its simplest form, identifies the matter by which the elements of the strategic plan are communicated to...

The Strategic Plan components including values, vision, mission, SWOT, business plan, objectives, and change management are discussed

Strategy is the map to the destination. Strategy identifies a company's future, the resources and capabilities required to deliver a...

Federal regulations dictate mortgage lending activities.

A SWOT analysis is a strategic management technique used to identify a firm's capabilities.

Dr. Schell teaches CEOs how to be successful by implementing all of these essential skills.

https://loan-vision.com/resources/blog/the-earth-is-flat-our-industry-values-unclosed-loans-more-than-closed-loans/ By Andy Greer, CPA...

In the 1983 movie Trading Places, Louis Winthrope (Aykroyd) and Billy Ray Valentine (Murphy) attempt to “get rich quick” while at the...

By Dr. Andy Schell, The skills of a successful Leader are known based on decades of research. Great leaders have a common set of skills...

By Dr. Andy Schell, The skills of a successful Leader are known based on decades of research. Great leaders have a common set of skills...

By Dr. Andy Schell, The skills of a successful Leader are known based on decades of research. Great leaders have a common set of skills...

Creating a Leader is a known process that can be replicated.

Best Efforts and TBA-MBS short protect IRLC Historically, TBA-MBS increases gain by 30bp to 60bp depending on market and product When...

Servicing is one of the most profitable and complex areas of mortgage activity

Culture is formed from the behavior among employees. Mortgage lenders frequently accept unhealthy behavior in favor of volume.

Selecting a loan origination system (LOS) is a 5-year decision that should be based on a system gap analysis.

A Broker that has a mini-corr loan may have created an escrow funds regulatory violation.

Understanding the Blackbox of Margin Preservation When rates go up, the value of the pipeline and warehouse goes down. The reason there...

A CFO knows that mortgage lenders are exposed to interest rate risk. A CFO knows that as rates rise, the gain on sale falls and the...