“How do you guys do it?” I asked.

I was speaking with the COO of a Texas credit union. They had huge loan growth. Huge membership growth.

His answer was simple.

“Our bus runs fast.”

He went on to say that many know of the famous book that says to get the right people in the right seat of the bus.

But at his credit union, they talk about the bus. It runs fast. Really fast.

So they look for employees that like a fast bus. Not everyone does, he noted.

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