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Featuring Scott Little

to commercial lending. It’s been 20 years in lending, but I continue to have tremendous respect for successful managers.

4.) What are your three pieces of advice?

- Learn from your failures, or in my case, don’t be a manager!

- Attitudes are contagious. Is yours worth catching?

- Take your work seriously, but not yourself. It’s OK to have fun at work, even with your customers, when appropriate.

thought that would make a fine attribute of a parent, so my wife and I made sure it was part of raising our daughter and son, in addition to less screaming, it resulted in two amazing adult children who make us proud.

1.) Tell us a briefly about your professional life and who you work for. I’m celebrating 9 years as a Commercial Loan Officer at Harleysville Bank where my role is to provide business owners and real estate investors money to achieve their goals. I help borrowers purchase commercial real estate, such as warehouses, offices and multi-family buildings. Harleysville Bank started in 1915 and serves seven communities in Montgomery and Bucks Counties.

2.) What is your favorite thing about the work you do?

Showing up at the settlement table with millions of dollars. People are always happy to see you!

3.) What is the worst job you ever had?

Many years ago in my 31-year banking career I was a Regional Vice President of retail banking, and was responsible for sales and operations of 18 in-store and brick and mortar bank branches in three states. After several years in that role and a humbling failure, I learned I’m not made to be a manager. I was blessed with the opportunity to transition to a business development role, which led me

5.) What concerns you the most? As a disciple of Jesus, I am concerned about the salvation of friends and family who have not yet found the Lord.

6.) If you could be an insect what would you be and why? I have never been asked this question. I guess I’d be a Preying Mantis… because they eat spiders. I don’t like spiders, although I appreciate their function in nature. On second thought, this may not be the best choice, because I’d end up hating what I eat.

7.) What is your all-time favorite album?

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. I’ve paid for it many times over, 8-track, vinyl, cassette and downloads. (Yes, I appreciate the irony considering my feelings on spiders.)

8.) What book has had a profound impact on you and why?

I know it’s cheesy, but Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” because of one lesson which focused on giving people a reputation to live up to. I

9.) What makes you feel joyful? It brings me joy to teach K-2 children at my church. I have a gift for connecting with children and I put it to work teaching them about Jesus. The second thing that brings me joy is making people laugh. A friend once asked what I’d like on my tombstone: I stated, “He left people happier than he found them.” He said that was perfect for me because he is definitely happier after I leave the room! I don’t tell people that anymore.

10.) What is your pet peeve? When people don’t laugh at my witty comments. (C’mon, you chuckled, right?)

11.) Do you have a favorite hobby and/or collection?

It’s not really a hobby, but I enjoy serving others, whether it’s in our kids ministry, my leadership work with Scouting BSA, or the other non-profit organizations in which I serve. I’m also an avid reader in my spare time. I was not born with the “collectors” gene and don’t have a passion for collecting stuff.

12.) What is something people would be surprised to learn about you?

For the first 10 years of my working career after high school I was a CNC machinist. I went back to college late in life and earned my degree and fell into banking doing an internship in 1992. Thirty-one years later I’m still wondering what I’ll do when my internship ends.