Top 10 Employer
Be among the top 10 employers of choice for our faculty.
Vision & Strategy
VISION
Our vision for Thrive: Offices for the Faculty Experience at the University of Colorado School of Medicine is to be a top 10 employer of choice—attracting and supporting exceptional talent committed to discovery, care, learning, and service.
This means having an engaged, satisfied, and professionally fulfilled workforce of world-class clinicians and scientists who enjoy their careers, feel a sense of belonging, and believe they have the support needed to be successful.
MISSION
Our mission is to enable and empower University of Colorado School of Medicine faculty to thrive at work by taking and promoting action on organizational culture and system factors related to academic and clinical environments, while supporting faculty throughout their careers.
CU Thrive
CU Thrive is a multi-faceted strategy designed to optimize the faculty experience and address burnout. We at Offices for the Faculty Experience, along with our partners, take action to improve organizational culture and structural factors related to clinical and research environments, while helping leaders facilitate a culture of well-being; and helping faculty navigate and grow their careers.
We believe that improving faculty well-being is a shared responsibility of individual faculty, work unit leaders, University of Colorado School of Medicine, our campus partners, and our clinical affiliates.
Together, we can effectively improve the system and culture contributing to high work stress for clinicians, educators, and scientists.
Thrive Focus
For Thrive: Offices for the Faculty Experience, the focus of our work is to ignite system-level change to enhance careers and transform workplace culture, while providing growth and development opportunities; supporting leaders; and providing excellent services to faculty throughout their professional lifecycle.
Organized under Offices for the Faculty Experience are Office for Faculty Affairs; Office for Faculty Relations; Office for Faculty Development; and Faculty Work and Culture Optimization Collaborative.
Thrive Goals
Gold Standard for Faculty Experience
Set the standard for the faculty experience in healthcare.Fulfillment & Engagement
Have a clinical and research workforce with burnout levels below national benchmarks; and professional fulfillment and engagement rated better than experienced elsewhere.
Respectful and Inclusive Environment
Foster a professional environment where all faculty members feel respected, valued for their contributions, and confident that their voices are heard