Pub. 2 2013 Issue 8

l e a d i n g a d v o c a t e f o r t h e b a n k i n g i n d u s t r y i n k a n s a s 10 O N SEPTEMBER 23 AND 24, THE BANK Leaders of Kansas class joined in on the Maag Scramble, BLOK alumni dinner and the final BLOK session focused on leadership. Following a day of networking on the golf course, the group engaged in an interactive discussion with former KBA President Harold Stones and former ABA/KBA Chairman Earl McVicker, President of Central Bank & Trust Co., Hutchinson. Several BLOK alumni and KBA leadership joined the class for dinner and live entertainment that evening in Holton. The class gathered at the Prairie Band Conference Center on the 24th for a day focused on leadership and accountability. Ted Garnett, Performance Consulting, LLC, led the interactive session with a mixture of lecture and small group activity. He established the importance of goal setting through real life stories that the group could relate to. Garnett’s program focused on the difference between leadership and management and he reinforced the significance of trust in any relationship. The 2013 BLOK class will graduate at the Harold A. Stones Public Affairs Conference in February 2014. Applications for the 2014 BLOK class are being accepted. Contact Sara Blubaugh at (785) 232-3444 or e-mail her at sblubaugh@ksbankers.com for more information. A sincere thank you to BLOK Grand sponsors Bankers’ Bank of Kansas FHLBank Topeka Kansas Bankers Surety Company KBA Insurance, Inc. Kennedy and Coe, LLC Professional Bank Consultants, LLC Promontory Interfinancial Network UMB Bank, N.A BLOK SESSION IV A LESSON IN LEADERSHIP BLOK classmates Darlene Schmidt, State Bank of Delphos, Delphos; Codi Mason, Centera Bank, Sublette; Christine May, Guaranty State Bank and Trust Company, Beloit; Jan Endicott, Stockgrowers State Bank, Ashland; Sara Blubaugh, KBA staff; and Brian Eilert, First National Bank, Beloit, helped promote BLOK to attendees of KBA’s annual Jim Maag Golf Scramble.