customer-centric organization

How Customer-Centric is Your Sales Organization?

Many mortgage managers consider their companies to be originator-centric. These senior executives believe that sales employees drive success and they feel that their lender’s originator support is a competitive advantage. I certainly understand this viewpoint, especially in such a difficult recruiting environment. However, I would argue that focusing entirely on the originator experience can lead […]

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Mortgage Banking and Black Elephants

In Tom Friedman’s latest book “Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations,” he calls climate change a “black elephant” phenomenon. A black elephant is a cross between a black swan (a rare, low-probability, unanticipated event with enormous ramifications) and the elephant in the room (a problem that

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