Does practice really make perfect?
When it comes to annual events such as board planning or employee meetings, credit unions have one shot to get it right.
by: Rebecca Wessler
When it comes to annual events such as board planning or employee meetings, credit unions have one shot to get it right. Follow the advice from credit unions featured this week on CreditUnions.com, and you’ll hit the bull’s-eye every time.
In 6 Tips To Host Electrifying Employee Events, Town & Country FCU and Grow Financial dish on how they bring together staff to contemplate, educate, and celebrate. Town & Country hosts two annual all-staff blowouts, external volunteer days, hobby groups, sports teams, and other points of interaction to support employee engagement while Grow Financial sponsors events during work hours, brings together staff for weekend events that support its sponsorships and charities, and holds all-team member events in the fall and the spring. If you’re looking for inspiration for your next all-staff get together, you’ll find it here.
Of course, to engage your staff, you must first know your staff. To achieve this goal, Member One FCU keeps employee “dream sheets.” As part of a bi-annual review, employees complete a questionnaire that includes biographical basics as well as conceptual questions such as: What are your strengths? What are your weaknesses? In what areas would you like to improve? Leaders then use these sheets to find hidden talents, skills, and desires within the institution’s employees.
“It’s an opportunity to learn about employees we may not see on a regular basis,” says chief administration officer Kim Braswell. Learn more about these dream sheets in How Member One Finds And Fosters Internal Talent.
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