Teams & Issues: Work Climate Team
2012 Team Roster (PDF)
Focus
The VOICES of the Staff Work Climate team will focus on understanding attitudes and behaviors in the workplace that contribute to creating and fostering a positive work culture. The team will explore ways that the work climate at the University of Michigan can support and sustain employee performance, creativity, and motivation through positive workplace interactions and organizational practices.
Objectives
To examine the selected topic of Work Climate by:
- Listening to, and learning from the work climate experiences of U-M staff to help address related issues that matter most for staff.
- Learning about current best thinking with regards to the creation of work climates that motivates and improves performance at all levels.
- Identifying opportunities and areas of interest, which could include such topics as communications, ethics, workplace safety.
- Identifying and proposing mechanisms to support positive working relationships between employees and their managers.
- Identifying mechanisms to generate and facilitate the flow of communication and information between different levels within work units (e.g. staff, managers, faculty, and physicians); promoting respectful communication and engagement that recognizes and values the contributions of each member of the unit.
- Serving as a sounding board for new initiatives or strategies as they relate to improving and enhancing the university’s work climate.
- Finding ways to share what is learned with the wider staff community.
Wins
View the Work Climate Team's progress report and list of recommended resources prepared for the 2010 Annual Meeting.
Network Team Members
| Team Members | Department |
|---|---|
Campbell, Stephanie |
Office of the President |
Chandler, Nicole |
UMH Environmental Services |
Davis, Mary |
UMH Revenue Cycle |
Ehnis, Katie |
Alumni Association |
Erickson, Charlene |
School of Dentistry |
Guess, Jennifer |
UH Radiology |
Henderson, James |
UH Materiel Services |
Laesch, Tricia |
Hospital Security |
Lenewski, Mary |
UH 9C Nursing |
Link, Hope |
MICHR |
Locricchio, Joseph |
UH Environmental Services |
Love, William |
Construction Services |
Mettlach, Jim |
Payroll Office |
Mosteller, Sharon |
Plastic Surgery |
Rembert, Diane |
Pathology |
Schlaff, Trisha |
UM-Dearborn |
Sexton, Vicki |
UH Cardio/Thoracic |
Snyder, Robyn |
Government Relations |
Urena, Lenny |
Ctr for Latin Amer & Carrib Studies |
Viers, Shae |
UH Social Work |
Advisors and Faculty Partners
| Team Members | Department |
|---|---|
Barb Mulay |
UHR Work/Life Resources |
John Sonnega |
UHR MHealthy |
Tom Waldecker |
UHR Faculty & Staff Assistance Program |
Cassandra Willis-Abner |
Managed Care Operations |
Facilitators
| Team Members | Department |
|---|---|
| Val Palazzolo | UHR Strategy & Planning |
| Juanita Parry | Nursing Recruitment & Retention/HSHR |