Independent Banker - January 2021 - 68

OUT OF OFFICE
Dan Carey:
Banker's
best friends
Dan Carey, president and CEO of
$239 million-asset VISIONBank in
Fargo, N.D., has always had dogs
in his life. He takes special care in
training his two black Labradors,
Piper and Scout, who play a special
role at his bank and in his family.
I grew up with dogs. You learn
quickly that your dog just wants
to please you, but you have to
communicate what your expectations
are. Training animals is simple,
because they're very trusting-most
dogs are.
I get a warm feeling from seeing
my dogs interact with others.
Everyone knows that [VISIONBank]
is dog-friendly, so people bring their
animals all the time or come just to
say hi to the dogs. Our dogs have to be
on their best behavior, because they
are literally members of our team at
the bank. They are official greeters;
people love them.
Anyone can [train dogs] if they
follow the basics. There are three
basic commands that everything else
emanates from, and they are: sit,
stay and come. You never graduate
from sit to stay until they master
the sit command, and every step
in that process is critical. Animals
Dan Carey's two black Labradors, Piper and Scout, are official VISIONBank team members
and have the task of greeting customers who visit the community bank.
are intuitive, and they read your
nonverbals, moods and vocal
inflections, so it's all about consistency
and reinforcing those commands.
I think we could all learn from
dogs. You have a lot invested in
them, but they give you so much
more back. It doesn't matter what
kind of day you had; you can turn
around and that dog is faithfully right
there with his head on your lap or
looking to you for affection. They're
real family members. When you
consider relationships, you only hope
that you're giving off the same type
of unconditional support and love to
your employees, to the people you
care about and to your family that
dogs do. -Emma Pitzl
68 Q ICBA Independent Banker Q January 2021

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