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Virtual Compliance Legal Update

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Great Culture Deserves Great Recognition – Nominations Open for the GoWest Awards!

Posted by on April 30, 2025

The deadline to submit your nominations for the 2025 GoWest Awards is approaching, and we want to hear from you! Submit your nominations by May 30.

This is your opportunity to nominate individuals and credit unions for their extraordinary achievements over the past year, and you are welcome to nominate your OWN credit union!

Award winners will be celebrated at the MAXX 2025 Awards Dinner and Gala in Portland on October 16.

This year’s award categories include:

GoWest Awards 2024 audience

Spotlight on Employee Experience Award

This Employee Experience award recognizes a credit union that has intentionally built a thriving workplace culture by investing in employee growth, fostering engagement, and providing the tools for success. Nominees for this award should demonstrate a strong culture of employee engagement, provide resources that empower team members to excel, and encourage career development and internal growth.

 

Nomination Inspiration

2024 Employee Experience Winner – Blue Federal Credit Union, Wyoming

Blue Federal Credit Union’s Culture Blueprint, Ambassador Program, and Employment Engagement Passport play vital roles in the success of the credit union’s employee experience.

Some of Blue’s achievements included enrolling 40 employees in a two-year Emerging Leadership Program, having an impressive 27% internal promotion rate, reducing turnover by nearly 11%, logging over 4,000 hours of volunteerism, and offering their employees enhanced benefits like 24 hours of earned time off for every 24 hours of completed volunteer time.

As Blue’s mission is to “discover pathways to realize possibilities,” their Employment Engagement Passport is one of the pathways to unlock opportunities for employees in a fun, engaging and interactive way. Learn more about their Engagement Passport program in the video below.

Posted in MAXX, Top Headlines.