 It’s
one thing to hire for a certain skill-set; it’s quite
another to bring someone into your work environment as a team
member, with high expectations for their ability to work together
for the greater good of the Association and its members.
A few
years ago, NIRSA National Center (NNC) employees got together
and identified what they believe to be their ‘core values.’
It’s different from a ‘mission’ or ‘vision’
statement. It speaks to who we are as individuals, and what
we expect from each other as workmates and teammates.
The idea
of identifying staff’s core values through introspection
and reflection was borrowed from the Disney Corporation, where
it puts a lot of stock into its own corporate ‘core
values.’
Today,
our NNC ‘core values’ are used as an employment
tool. When we recruit new personnel to fill vacated staff
positions, our roster of NNC ‘core values’ is
provided to all prospective job candidates, along with a job
description, application materials, and background information
on NIRSA.
Aesop
wrote, “Union gives strength.” At your NIRSA workplace,
you had better believe it! |
