Due to unsafe road conditions for Anchorage and surrounding areas, UAA’s Anchorage campus will be on a delayed start today, Thursday, Dec. 4. Campus will open at 10 a.m. to allow for safer travel.
Leadership Through Listening
Overview
All employees are invited to participate in a Leadership Through Listening session each semester for a casual conversation with the chancellor and vice chancellors. This is your chance to share your thoughts and ideas! Each event will feature a theme and discussion prompts, but you’re always welcome to bring up any topic on your mind. These sessions are co-hosted by the Faculty Senate, Staff Council, and the Employee Experience department.
Intended Outcomes
- Ensure that individuals engaged in the work feel acknowledged, valued, and respected.
- Foster two-way communication by cultivating a culture of active listening.
- Enhance institutional literacy across all levels.
- Raise awareness of and reinforce shared governance principles.
- Highlight collective challenges that face both faculty and staff.
- Create stronger, more lateral bonds between faculty, staff, and administrators.
- Unify faculty, staff, and administrators around shared priorities.
Upcoming Session
Thursday, January 23, 2025
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- What are the impacts of budget decisions on departments? What about on employees and how we serve students?
- What institutional knowledge do you hold? What are you doing to instill and retain that knowledge across your team and among your colleagues?
- What are departments doing to think outside of the box to make the budget work? What suggestions or ideas do you have?
- How do we improve communications?
If you have questions about this program or tone of the sessions, please email uaa_employeeexp@alaska.edu.