Jim Marous

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5,037 appearances 35 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 12 Aug

Jim Marous’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 35 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 14.

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Banking Transformed with Jim Marous · Why Your Next CEO Needs More Than Tenure · 12 Aug 2026 podcast

If you're in the chair right now, the honest version of the question is which end are you carrying and who's carrying the other one? voice-verified

Let me make my barbell analogy concrete because I just spent an hour with someone who's lived it. voice-verified

Darius Wise is a president CO of Red Rock's credit union in Colorado, about three voice-verified

three hundred fifty million dollars in assets. voice-verified

He spent fifteen years in pastoral leadership positions, joining Red Rocks in twenty nineteen with no banking experience, becoming the president in twenty twenty one, interim CEO in twenty twenty two, and CEO in voice-verified

In one year after that. voice-verified

Red Rox went outside banking for an accomplished leader, then developed his future CEO internally for four years. voice-verified

What he did next is a part I'd like to underline. voice-verified

Instead of trying to fill every knowledge gap himself, he rebuilt the entire senior leadership team around people who knew what he didn't. voice-verified

After two years of losses, Red Rox was profitable within 11 months of him taking. voice-verified

taking the CEO role. voice-verified

And when I asked about succession, Darius said the board knows which leaders inside the organization could step in if something happened to him. voice-verified

So who do you prepare? voice-verified

Start with how bank CEOs actually get made. voice-verified

Paid governance studied CO changes at Russell three thousand banks from twenty twenty through twenty twenty five and found roughly two-thirds of city's CEOs had been president or chief operating officer first. voice-verified

Three roles fed those seats, and they were chief banking officer, chief financial officer, and head of lending. voice-verified

Look at what's absent marketing, marketing. voice-verified

digital, data and technology. voice-verified

That pipeline isn't broken. voice-verified

It's precise and it's aimed at the previous job. voice-verified

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