Take the next Values in Practice survey starting June 28
Update: July 20, 2021
Your 11,000 voices will make us stronger
Many thanks to those of you who participated in the 2021 Values in Practice employee engagement survey. We closed on Sunday with 71 percent participation, a tie for our highest response rate ever (that’s more than 11,000 employees)!
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A very special thanks to the departments that comprise our final leaderboard!
- Office of the President: 100%
- Facilities Management: 92%
- Institutional Advancement, Transplant: 91%
- Health System Nursing: 90%
- Graduate School Administration: 89%
Later this week, managers will receive notification of their eligibility for dashboard results along with instructions on how to hold team discussions to identify focus areas. Watch for engagement support, resources, and recognition coming, too!
Want to drill it down? Download more detailed reports for Basic Science, Centers, Clinical, and miscellaneous departments.
Update: July 12, 2021
It’s a VIP-only event, and you’re invited
We encourage all regular, nonfaculty employees to take the Values in Practice employee engagement survey, which is open through Sunday.
We also understand you might still have a few questions about the survey. On Thursday, the Employee Advisory Council will host an event where they’ll explain how the survey works and answer your questions.
Top departments in participation are below. Get all the division response rate reports and more details at utsouthwestern.edu/vipsurvey.
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Want to drill it down further? Download more detailed reports for Basic Science, Centers, Clinical, and miscellaneous departments.
Update: July 7, 2021
It’s officially popular to take the Values in Practice employee engagement survey
That’s because more than half of nonfaculty employees have participated so far! Top departments are below. If you don’t like what you see, you’ve still got nearly two weeks to take the survey.
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Want to drill it down further? Download more detailed reports for Basic Science, Centers, Clinical, and miscellaneous departments.
Update: July 2, 2021
VIP status: Acquired
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Time to size each other up! Our first response rates are in
We’re reaching the end of the first week of our 2021 Values in Practice employee engagement survey, and you’re already showing up to share your voice. The response rates below are as of midday yesterday.
So far, our overall response rate is 35 percent.
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Want to drill it down further? Download more detailed reports for Basic Science, Centers, Clinical, and miscellaneous departments.
Update: June 25, 2021
A note from Janelle Browne, Vice President, Human Resources
To all UT Southwestern employees:
At UT Southwestern, we strive to live our core values of excellence, innovation, compassion, and teamwork every day in service of our mission. We want to hear from you regarding how we are achieving that goal as teams and as an organization, and we value feedback on areas for continuous improvement to ensure we are collectively focusing on areas that are important to you.
I want to encourage you to participate in our annual Values in Practice (VIP) employee engagement survey, which launches Monday and will remain open through Sunday, July 18. This year’s survey includes our core engagement items so we can track progress from our December Pulse survey, as well as obtain additional feedback on important focus areas of diversity, inclusion, equity, and employee well-being, to ensure we're promoting an inclusive and healthy environment for all.
On Monday, nonfaculty employees will receive the survey link from Glint, our partner survey company. It should only take eight to 10 minutes to complete and is confidential (we will receive only aggregate responses). Please answer the questions honestly based on your personal experience.
We value your voice, and your participation will help advance our mission and core values by identifying areas for improvement. We’ll use your responses to develop action plans to support the needs of our campus community.
For more information about this year’s survey, visit utsouthwestern.edu/vipsurvey or employeeengagement@utsouthwestern.edu the Organizational Development and Training (ODT) team.
Janelle Browne
Vice President, Human Resources
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Original post: June 17, 2021
We value your voice
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As individual employees of UT Southwestern, we ask that you practice our institutional values – excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion – every day. We also want to ensure we are doing the same as an institution, so we regularly conduct a Values in Practice (VIP) employee engagement survey to solicit your feedback on our progress.
Our next baseline survey for nonfaculty employees will launch Monday, June 28. This survey includes our core engagement items so we can track progress from our December pulse survey, as well as obtain feedback on new focus areas of diversity, inclusion, and equity, and employee wellbeing, to ensure we're promoting an inclusive and healthy environment for all.
An external survey company, Glint, will again administer this survey so we can ensure confidentiality. Our collective participation in this survey will allow us to identify areas where we are doing especially well – and areas we need to prioritize for improvement. We are committed to developing action plans to address the needs and challenges that you identify as a campus community.
On June 28, Glint will email all regular, nonfaculty employees on behalf of UT Southwestern. (The subject line will say UT Southwestern wants your feedback – June Engagement Survey – Due 7/18.) Click Get Started to begin your survey.
Important survey features:
- Responses are confidential (leaders will see overall response rates, however there is absolutely no individual information regarding who has responded and who has not).
- Take 5-7 minutes to complete.
- Questions mapped to the UTSW core values.
- Can be accessed via computer or mobile phone.
- Benchmarked to other academic medical centers.
Please complete the survey! Your voice is essential to continuing to make UTSW a great place to work and build a career.
If you have any questions, employeeengagement@utsouthwestern.edu the survey team.
Taking action based on your feedback
Within days of the survey closing on July 18, managers with more than five responses will receive Glint dashboard access. If a manager has fewer than five people or there are not at least five respondents, the group’s data will roll up into the next level manager of the organization.
The platform provides:
- Timely feedback with a real-time dashboard
- Enhanced reporting with ability to create and track action plans with curated recommendations and coaching resources
- Integration of actionable goals into the performance management process
We will update this page periodically with overall survey response rates, along with information for managers, including dashboard training schedule, action planning guide, resources for small teams, and much more – all to successfully empower leaders to drive increased engagement in their unique areas.