Fireside chat with 37 year mortgage industry leader, Rob Chrisman, author of the required reading for any mortgage banking stakeholders, the Chrisman Commentary. Rob is also an associate of the STRATMOR Group and holds various board seats at mortgage firms and trade associations.

• Having the ability to scale up and down with volumes.
• Costs. Costs. Costs.
• Motivating the sales staff.

Rob Chrisman will be interviewed by Bill Bodnar, Chief Market Analyst at Mortgage Market Guide.

We sit with Michael Brennan, Movement Mortgage’s President, to learn how he leads his organization with communications and the goals of developing their organization’s next leadership slate. 

• Defining Clarity, Communications
• Train yourself out of a job, how’s your bench? 
• Lessons learned from John Maxwell 

We’ll sit with Phil Shoemaker to unpack how unpredictable the mortgage industry can be, with changing rates and consumer demand, the most important ‘ability’ a mortgage professional can have is reliability. Leadership in a fluctuating market requires a long-term and sustainable mindset – one driven by a consistent commitment to maintaining a strong culture and doing business the right way.

• Understand the importance of reliability as a key trait for leadership success in the volatile mortgage industry, enabling professionals to navigate changing rates and consumer demands effectively.
• Gain insights into the development of a long-term and sustainable leadership mindset, crucial for maintaining stability amidst market fluctuations.
• Discover the power of a strong corporate culture and ethical business practices in creating a resilient organization, as presented through real-life experiences.
• Learn from the journey over the past five years of creating a top three lender and how these lessons are shaping the future of The Loan Store and the wholesale channel.

Explore the balance between numerical focus and people-oriented approach. Learn to adapt your leadership style to today's evolving recruitment landscape, guide a post-pandemic corporate culture, and differentiate your team through vision, competition, and communication. Equip yourself with tools for effective leadership in today's dynamic environment.

• Numbers are important and so are people. How to make both work together.
• Understanding how today’s recruiting process requires a new style of leadership.
• Leading a corporate culture in a post-pandemic world. 
• Vision, competition and communication. Three topics to consider as you differentiate your team.

Tech executive Karl Jacob, with experience at Facebook, Microsoft, and other high-profile tech ventures, will detail how he has streamlined the mortgage process to a 24-hour turnaround. He will shed light on unexpected bottlenecks and demonstrate the importance of innovation over tradition in the mortgage industry.

• How we transformed the mortgage process and are closing fully compliant qualified mortgages in 24hrs
• Where were the issues/bottlenecks? Hint: It’s not where you think
• Letting go of the "way things are done" and embracing a new way