"Human Resources provides leadership in shaping a welcoming and respectful workplace environment that drives excellence and innovation by supporting talent, engagement, and the employee work experience."
- HR Vision Statement
The HR Strategic Plan provides a strategic and tactical framework for University Human Resources and the HR community campuswide. It prioritizes talent acquisition, leadership development, employee experience, and agility and innovation.
The plan supports the university's strategic goals, including excellence in teaching and learning, innovative research and creative discovery, a welcoming environment, holistic well-being and success, and transformative societal impact. It recognizes that every institutional goal depends on the university's ability to attract, develop, and retain exceptional people.
HR Strategic Plan
Talent Acquisition
Goal: Maximize efforts to attract the next group of talented people to work at the university.
- Strategy 1: Capitalize on talent acquisition strategies.
Leadership Excellence
Goal: Promote leadership excellence.
- Strategy 1: Define and promote skills and behaviors that contribute to leadership excellence.
- Strategy 2: Provide training, tools, and resources to strengthen leadership practices.
Employee Experience
Goal: Provide an exceptional employee experience across the lifecycle.
- Strategy 1: Integrate communication and service delivery from pre-boarding through onboarding, emphasizing engagement, employee well-being, and value/impact of work.
- Strategy 2: Understand what the employee wants and needs, and design high-impact services to meet these expectations through a competitive, flexible total rewards package.
Agility and Innovation
Goal: Be agile and innovative in our HR approach, policy, practice, and structure.
- Strategy 1: Utilize data and analytics fully and consistently for HR strategy and decision-making.
- Strategy 2: Align structure, process, and culture to enhance effective execution of strategy, service, and continuous improvement.
- Strategy 3: Apply workforce planning and development practices to maximize resources.