Last Wednesday, October 21, 2009, Equity Trust Company held its third quarter meeting at Lorain Community College. At 7:30am, all the employees from both the Berea and Elyria offices met to be updated on the current state of the company. During this meeting, we heard from members of the executive team whom provided information about each of their departments. This meeting gives our employees the opportunity to learn about what each department did within the last quarter and the department’s plans for future quarters. Jeff Desich, the CEO of the company, also spoke giving the company’s statistics for the year thus far and future goals.
This particular quarterly meeting had a lot of emphasis on the recent networking conference that was held in Orlando, Florida during the first weekend in October. This conference was put on by Equity University, Equity Trust Company’s educational resource. The three day event was a proven success with over 400 attendees from all across the country. At the event, our clients and prospective clients had the ability to interact and network with each other along with attending lectures dedicated to specific investments. A brief video was shown at the meeting giving an insight into the three day event. The client testimonials proved that the event was a success and provided a lot of knowledge to the attendees.
Also, at our quarterly meetings, outstanding employees are recognized. Equity Trust has a program called POISE. This program is to encourage employees to submit ideas to make processes more efficient or suggestions to better the company. Any suggestions which are accepted by management will be implemented within the company. Employees who submit suggestions that are accepted are recognized at the quarterly meeting and receive a gift. Employees demonstrating outstanding work ethic on a particular project or within a department can be nominated by their peers for the Shining Star award. Prior to the quarterly meeting, employees submit their nominations and then these nominations are voted on by the rest of the company. All the nominees are recognized and the winner receives a gift. The POISE and Shining Star programs promote employee involvement and achievement which is critical in a successful work environment.
In my next post, I will give an update on the projects I am currently working on within the Client Service Department.
This particular quarterly meeting had a lot of emphasis on the recent networking conference that was held in Orlando, Florida during the first weekend in October. This conference was put on by Equity University, Equity Trust Company’s educational resource. The three day event was a proven success with over 400 attendees from all across the country. At the event, our clients and prospective clients had the ability to interact and network with each other along with attending lectures dedicated to specific investments. A brief video was shown at the meeting giving an insight into the three day event. The client testimonials proved that the event was a success and provided a lot of knowledge to the attendees.
Also, at our quarterly meetings, outstanding employees are recognized. Equity Trust has a program called POISE. This program is to encourage employees to submit ideas to make processes more efficient or suggestions to better the company. Any suggestions which are accepted by management will be implemented within the company. Employees who submit suggestions that are accepted are recognized at the quarterly meeting and receive a gift. Employees demonstrating outstanding work ethic on a particular project or within a department can be nominated by their peers for the Shining Star award. Prior to the quarterly meeting, employees submit their nominations and then these nominations are voted on by the rest of the company. All the nominees are recognized and the winner receives a gift. The POISE and Shining Star programs promote employee involvement and achievement which is critical in a successful work environment.
In my next post, I will give an update on the projects I am currently working on within the Client Service Department.
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