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California Coast Credit Union receives award for workplace excellence

Peter Barron Stark Companies honors California Coast Credit Union for their commitment to workplace and cultural excellence 

SAN DIEGO, CA (February 04, 2015) -- California Coast Credit Union, San Diego’s oldest credit union, has just been awarded its sixth Peter Barron Stark Companies Award for Workplace Excellence™. The award recognizes top-tier organizations committed to a culture of workplace excellence, and is limited to those that achieve an overall favorable response exceeding 80.0 percent on their Employee Opinion Surveys. California Coast Credit Union joins other exceptional companies, including WD-40 Company, La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, and H.G. Fenton Company in receiving this honor.

The award is unique in that it recognizes workplace excellence based solely on actual employee feedback regarding a broad range of customized engagement and workplace factors. For Todd Lane, president and CEO of California Coast Credit Union, the award highlights the efforts and strengths of the organization. “We strive every day to improve our work environment by focusing on how we communicate and cooperate with one another, how we can better empower employees to make decisions, take action and solve problems, and perhaps most importantly, recognize and celebrate their achievements. We have made great strides toward becoming better leaders by focusing on continuous development.”

Peter Stark, president of Peter Barron Stark Companies, notes, “California Coast Credit Union is dedicated to improving and developing their culture of workplace excellence, as evidenced by their sixth win of the Workplace Excellence Award. Their dedication to empowering their employees and providing them with clear goals and future direction ensures California Coast Credit Union’s continued innovation and success.”

About California Coast Credit Union
Established by a handful of San Diego teachers in 1929, California Coast is the oldest financial institution based in San Diego. With $1.8 billion in assets, the credit union now proudly serves 125,000 members through its local network of over 20 branches and 60 shared branch locations, online and mobile banking, and 30,000 fee-free ATMs nationwide. California Coast is not-for-profit and committed to improving the lives of its members and others in the community. Anyone who lives or works in San Diego or Riverside counties can be a member. For more information, please visit calcoastcu.org or call (877) 495-1600. 

About Peter Barron Stark Companies
For the past twenty-five years, clients have been partnering with Peter Barron Stark Companies to build organizational cultures where employees love to work and customers love to do business. To learn how Peter Barron Stark Companies helps transform organizations through customized services such as Employee Opinion Surveys, executive coaching, and leadership and employee training, visit www.peterstark.com or call (858)451-3601.