As any branch manager or OSJ will tell you, being the "head rainmaker" isn't what it used to be, what with the ever-increasing regulatory demands devouring ever more quantities of time and energy. If that weren't enough, many BOMs face yet another...
Today, the regional director is a marked man; it's not necessarily a role poised for extinction, mind you, but their ranks will be seriously culled. At least that's what some analysts and branch managers think (and some hope) is going to happen.
Despite ever-increasing compliance issues, recruiting remains the most important focus of any branch manager's job
At a time when the once-coveted job of branch office manager has become an obstacle course of administrative red tape and regulatory stumbling blocks, there may be a new hurdle on the path for branch managers at Wachovia Securities.
the classic branch office manager — part alpha dog, part teacher, part corporate middle manager — has all but disappeared in recent years.