By Theresa Witham
My almost two-year old loves the Disney Pixar movie “Cars.” For a while it seemed to be permanently stuck in disk 4 of our
In case you haven’t seen it, it’s about Lightening McQueen, a hot shot rookie race car, without any real friends, who thinks he can win the big trophy without any help. He’s fired his third crew chief of the season and his pit crew quits before the final race. He likes to work “solo mio,” as he tells a Fiat he meets along the way.
He has the talent to go far; even racing legend “The King” who is trying for his final win before retirement, tells McQueen that he’s talented but stupid. “You need to get yourself a good team,” The King tells McQueen.
What’s true for talking, animated cars is even truer for employees.
From an article about retention in the May issue of Credit Union Management:
“Most managers believe that pay and benefits attract and hold employees,” says Carl Fredrickson, Ph.D., president of Carl Fredrickson & Associates in
But, he notes: “While these are definitely important factors, they tend to diminish in value to the employee as their tenure with the organization increases.
“The No. 1 reason employees say they’re not intending to look elsewhere for employment is a sense of connectedness with their jobs, with their co-workers and with their employer,” he says. “Connectedness is the key.”
What does your credit union do to create connections at work?
Theresa Witham is a CUES editor.
