Simplicity Credit Union in Madison, Wis. places a great deal of emphasis on career development and educational opportunities for its 87 employees, explained Katy Zaleski, VP of human resources. To this end, each manager at the organization has a career development/training budget and works with their team on what training sessions they would like to attend.
“We have regular coaching sessions with our teams to discuss career development, training opportunities and goals,” said Zaleski. “If a Simplicity team member is interested in career development in a different department we work with them on a mentorship for that department.”
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Earlier this year, reflected Zaleski, the Wisconsin Credit Union League offered Simplicity CU three days of education workshops focused on youth financial education, community development and a young professionals’ boot camp on credit union history and philosophy..
“We had 15 Simplicity employees attend some or all of those sessions,” she said.
To better gauge how employees are feeling about various issues, Zaleski said surveys are offered as well as “stay-views,” a proactive approach to address issues that people are having allowing us the opportunity to address them.
“Individuals remain confidential, but the issues are brought up and follow-up is critical,” she said. “We also have four focus groups comprised of staff from all departments and branches looking at career development, benefits, branch expansion and products and services.”
Founded in 1949, Simplicity Credit Union supports seven branches and more than 24,000 members $249 million in assets.
