Invest in Leadership Development and Talent Retention

Enhance professional development and career pathways by expanding skill development opportunities, offering leadership training and standardizing support across the university.

Additionally, the university plans to increase leadership accountability and communication through regular engagement, transparency and establishment of certified ombuds roles:

Improve professional development and career pathways

• Expand opportunities for skill development, career advancement and internal promotions to enhance job satisfaction.
• Offer leadership training and mentorship programs to create clear career growth pathways.
• Expand the University Staff Ambassadors (USA) program and develop a faculty equivalent as well as another program that includes faculty and staff.
• Standardize professional development advocacy and support across all areas of the university.
• Implement mandatory supervisor training for faculty and staff, including skills to manage remote-work employees.
• Implement budget training that is appropriate for each level of position university wide.
• Offer professional development and training opportunities to support internal promotions.

Increase leadership accountability and communication

• Train supervisors and department heads to actively engage in employee satisfaction efforts and effectively address concerns.
• Implement regular communication from leadership about survey results, action steps and improvements made based on employee feedback.
• Increase budget transparency through town halls and educational sessions about resource allocation.
• Fill faculty and staff ombudsman roles with International Ombuds Associationcertified organizational ombuds.