An effective HR strategy is an integral part of an organization’s strategic plan. By developing and implementing a solid HR strategy, credit unions are ensuring their people are a key resource. MarketSolutions Consulting provides customized, integrated HR solutions that assist credit union employees in delivering high quality products and services to their members.

Key HR Management Services

Benefits

The Cooperators Life Insurance Company provides an extensive range of benefit plans to credit unions. Consulting also conducts a bi-annual benefits review survey that is available to all participants of the plan.

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Intervention

This service provides consultative assistance to directors and/or management when faced with potential crisis situations in their organizations. Our consultants will work with you to identify issues and recommend solutions.

Employee Intervention is a difficult process for any organization. Consulting has the expertise to provide support and assistance in the employee intervention process and will facilitate the intervention process when your require support in this area.

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General Manager Review and Planning

Reviewing the annual results achieved by the general manager and planning for the general manager's effective performance in the coming year are critical to a credit union's success. Our review and planning process is customized to link directly into the general manager's strategic results areas. Consulting works with the credit union board to ensure the general manager's review is fair and unbiased and assists the board in developing an in-depth performance plan for the general manager ensuring the goals set are SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely).

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Performance Management

Performance Management is about creating continuous improvement leading to increased business performance and profitability.

Performance Management is a partnership between employee and manager/supervisor where they agree to goals and a process for achieving those goals. It is an on-going process involving a series of conversations between employees and their supervisor, co-workers or customers. Performance management is a “partnership for success” intended to ensure success of the employee and the business.

Performance management information is used:

• To help set agreed on goals
• To allocate and prioritize resources
• To monitor progress throughout the year and determine whether changes are required, either in goals or in actions to achieve goals
• To report on the success in meeting goals
• To facilitate learning and leadership development

Our consultants assist credit unions with implementation of a performance management process that helps to focus employee efforts on the achievement of credit union goals. Performance management is an on-going process that includes performance planning, ongoing coaching, guidance and feedback, and performance reviews.

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Rewards and Motivation Strategy

The rewards and motivation strategy is a step-by-step process that corresponds to your business strategy and ensures that your credit union is treating its employees fairly and equitable. The strategy can incorporate some or all of these components:

• Job Evaluation - a system which evaluates the relative worth of positions within the credit unions

• Fixed Compensation – a structure, involving salary ranges or job rates, to fit the credit union’s hierarchy

• Variable Compensation – a salary structure which rewards employees with additional compensation for achieving team, corporate and/or individual goals

• Recognition – a program to recognize group or individual contributions toward achieving organizational objectives

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Salary Survey

Having benchmarks to determine an appropriate salary structure for your credit union is a key factor in helping your organization meet its strategic objectives. Consulting partners with Credit Union Central of British Columbia (CUCBC) to conduct comprehensive annual salary and benefits surveys that cover Western Canada.

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