Who Builds Equity Rick Sems, CEO Equity Bank

About this episode

Rick Sems, CEO of Equity Bank, discusses the importance of leadership and hard work in driving business success.

More than anything, you have to be someone that people can count on. -- Rick Sems, CEO Rick leads through action. He spent his career leading teams and developing people so they can understand how to take care of customers needs. It takes vision, but it also just takes hard work and when you put the two together, every day, you have compounding. That positive compounding is what Rick uses to drive the success of Equity Bank.

People in this episode

Host: Brandon Paulseen

Guest: Rick Sems

Topics covered

• leadership
• customer service
• business strategy
• team development
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• Equity Bank
• Rick Sems
• leadership
• customer needs
• business success
• team development
• entrepreneurship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Equity Bank

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