Daniel K. Walker, CEO and Chairman of the Board, Farmers & Merchants Bank

Keeping your word.

Seems like such a simple statement, a statement that could very well form the foundation of every person’s daily creed. But it doesn’t. We all know many people who make promises but don’t keep them . . .  People who say one thing but mean another. . . . People who take the easy way out, forgetting that keeping their word is the most important thing of all.

Patrick Alain

Communication skills are key to achieving any goal or enabling any process. A leader with great ideas and strong skill is of little or no use if he is unable to communicate his thoughts, opinions and plans to the team following him. Vision, command, innovativeness, bravery and foresight are all indispensable traits of a good leader.