When you invest in creating a healthy workplace culture you unlock a wealth of benefits that can propel your institution forward. Imagine a team that operates as a collaborative unit, where everyone is performing at their best. When individuals feel supported and valued, they are more likely to be productive and motivated, leading to positive outcomes such as increased employee retention, job satisfaction, and overall employee engagement. for your organization.
This is the power of a positive workplace culture. We partner with institutions to help create psychologically safe, supportive environments characterized by respect and dignity for all individuals.
Use our validated survey to gain insights into the key factors that influence retention.
We work alongside teams and organizations to understand their unique context and challenges in a nuanced way in order to implement targeted, measurable interventions that contribute to lasting positive change.
Our engagement design centers things like co-creation and co-facilitation, thought partnership and advisory services, and train-the-trainer approaches that help build internal champions for the work and strengthen institutional capacity.
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Get guidance as to how to create environments where your campus community can thrive.
How We Help
Each unit or institution has unique challenges and dynamics - it's why we start each partnership with a custom needs analysis, getting a deep understanding of what path forward may bring the most impact. Using our 20+ years of experience in building teams and positive cultures in higher ed, we then co-create a plan -together- to help you achieve your workplace culture and employee engagement goals.
Employee Engagement Survey
Establish a baseline and gain actionable insights.
Visioning Sessions
Define and cultivate your unique workplace culture.
Supervisor Training
Provide thorough training for those who shape your organizational culture.
Individual & Team Leadership Development
Transform your culture from the top down.
Hiring & Onboarding
Shape your culture from day one.
Employee Engagement Survey
Our 2023 study of over 3000 higher education professionals shows that the great resignation is not over for higher ed. In fact:
57%
Are likely to leave their position in the next year.
47%
Are experience clinical symptoms of burnout.
Use our validated tool to understand your current engagement levels, establish a baseline, and compare to national benchmarks. Our tool gives insights that go beyond policy recommendations, even showing data at the department level, enabling you to make immediate and effective improvements.
Visioning Sessions
Following a thorough needs assessment, we collaborate with you in a visioning session to develop a personalized engagement strategy that reflects the unique culture of your campus.
Our tailored approach ensures that your engagement strategy is not generic but authentically aligned with your institution's values and goals. Through gathering input from key stakeholders and utilizing a collaborative process, we create a plan that fosters ownership and authenticity within your campus community.
Supervisor Training
Enhance your team's success by investing in supervisor training to develop essential soft skills. Our training and resources cover key areas such as:
Supervision is a skill that can be learned and refined, and our flexible approach allows you to integrate our training seamlessly into your existing programs or customize a solution that meets your specific needs.
Individual & Team Leadership Development
Culture flows from the top, making leadership development a powerful lever for positively influencing your organization's culture. By using the results of our assessment, combined with your institution's mission and values, we can direct individual and team leadership development to focus on key skills like:
Having difficult conversations
Creating and maintaining psychological safety
Collaboration
Trust
Hiring and Onboarding Support
Culture begins at the first impression. We can help support your institution’s hiring and onboarding process in a number of ways, including:
Create a Thriving Environment