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Rockin' the Rowe

I think it is probably a pretty easy statement to make that our work environments have changed. With the advent of the Internet and the miniaturization of technologies like ...
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The Default is Trust

A recent article in the Boston Globe attempted to tackle and evaluate the complex behavior of human trust. It’s a short read, and can be found here. I found the following quotes ...
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Not Your Father's Web Browser

The internet is all atwitter about Google’s foray into the browser world with its release of Chrome. I began running it yesterday and I must say I like what I see so far. If you ...
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My group of rockstars

I'm so thankful for the team we have created. I have grown accustomed to knowing how awesome they are and end up taking it for granted at times. Perfect example, we had our ...
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The Blogging Gorilla

Let’s be honest. If you’ve followed the TGG Blog for any period of time, you know it has seen it’s share of high and low activity. Coming off a season of high activity (13 posts ...
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Seeing the Country

I'm rather excited about the upcoming months with The Garland Group and Banktastic. I'm being sent to several different events, some of which include places I've never seen. I'll ...
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Football Players and Rock Stars

My home sits about a quarter of a mile from the Minnesota Vikings Summer Training Camp. Every year at this time, a caravan of big media trucks equipped with satellite video ...
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New Kid on the Block

That would be me, Peggy, the Garland Group’s Administrative Assistant. I joined the company at the end of May and have been learning a bit since then about the banking industry. ...
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A Different Way to Bank

As a baby boomer, the traditional branch location continues to have some value for use of a community room, safe deposit boxes and just looking your banker in the eye; but the X ...
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Communicative Environments

Throughout my career, I have found that the single most frequent cause of a project or group’s failure occurs when the individual’s involved fail to communicate. While the ...
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