From Banking In The Bayou To Being A Southwest Florida Community Leader With Brandon Box From The Corner Office podcast

From banking in the Bayou to being a Southwest Florida community leader with Brandon Box

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Brandon has been in banking in Southwest Florida for 15 years, joining Orlando-based Cogent in 2020. He started his career in his native Louisiana, working for IberiaBank in Baton Rouge and since coming to the Naples-Fort Myers market he’s become a go-to leader in the business and civic community.

On this episode Brandon talks about the lessons he learned from navigating the 2008-09 recession as a young banker, and how that frames his leadership style today. He also talks about the value in transparency in holding people accountable, and how he maintains a positive workplace culture.

3 Takeaways:

(12:50) Invest in your people and train them well
(19:15) If it were easy, everyone would be doing it
(19:40) There is never failure unless you stop trying

Timestamps:

(00:00) Introducing Brandon Box, Market President, Southwest Florida, Cogent Bank

(05:00) How Brandon got into banking

(07:30) Learning from 2008-2009 recession

(09:20) What makes Cogent different?

(12:30) How do you build teams?

(14:00) Characteristics of good leaders

(15:15) Balancing personability and leading

(17:00) Mentors and lessons

(18:40) How do you handle setbacks?

(21:50) Cogent Bank in 2025

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