The healthy workplace culture goal is to improve recruitment, retention, and well-being of faculty and staff. In addition to a focus on individual resilience—the improvement of systemic factors.
Recruit and Retain - Focus on recruiting and retaining faculty and staff.
Systemic and Individual - Improve systemic underpinnings of faculty and staff mental health and attend to personal characteristics that support resilience and wellness.
Balance - Strive to balance clinical duties with time for academic development.
Value and Meaning - Support faculty and staff in the delivery of meaningful, value-drive, and effective clinical care.
Major Initiatives
Committee Chair: Liz Chamberlain
Obtain CU Medicine growth and development funds to support initiatives to send faculty/staff to obtain additional trainings and certifications regarding wellness.
Develop subcommittees on guidelines for department email and meetings.
Develop strategies and plans to improve morale among staff and faculty.
Lead DiSC and Crucial Conversations trainings.
Plan events such as puppies at work and walking groups to increase employee happiness and reduce stress.
Develop interest and infinity groups like the new parents group.
Completed a listening tour in the department to identify areas for improvement.
Conducting mindfulness interventions.
Development of an incentive-based program.
Securing day-passes to the Wellness Center for department faculty and staff.
Maximize administrative support and infrastructure so that faculty can deliver efficient, meaningful, and state of the art clinical care.