All 51黑料 employees contribute to creating a thriving campus community, through the job-related aspects of their work, as well as their interactions with colleagues and community members.
51黑料鈥檚 staff behavioral competencies support the university in creating and sustaining a positive and effective workplace environment.
Staff Behavioral Competencies
Personal Accountability for Results
- Takes responsibility for decisions, performance, and outcomes
- Behaves in a responsible manner with a positive attitude
- Shows self-awareness and openness to feedback
Effective Communication
- Demonstrates effective written and oral communication skills
- Shares information and seeks input from others
- Adapts communication to diverse audiences; protects private and confidential information
Problem Solving and Decision Making
- Analyzes and prioritizes situations to identify and solve problems
- Generates solutions to improve efficiency and quality
- Involves others in solving problems and making decisions
- Factors organizational goals into decisions
- Makes clear, transparent, and timely decisions
Change Management
- Responds positively to changing university initiatives and readily adapts behavior to maintain effective performance
- Understands the long-term direction of the university and can relate this to departmental area
- Adapts to new methodologies
- Identifies and acts on areas where change is appropriate
Leadership and Teamwork
- Applies skills and knowledge to provide a climate to achieve departmental and organizational success
- Balances individual and department goals
- Helps others perform at their best
- Builds productive relationships to enhance individual and organizational effectiveness
- Treats others with respect
- Resolves conflicts among team members
Creativity and Innovation
- Generates, explores, encourages, and implements innovative ways of creating strategic value for the university, division, department, and individual level
- Critically assesses the effectiveness of new initiatives
Diversity and Inclusion
- Demonstrates respect for people and their differences
- Understands the benefits of a diverse workforce
- Earns the trust and respect of others
- Includes and welcomes others
- Works to understand the perspective of others
- Promotes opportunities to experience diversity within our community
Sustainability
- Understands the impact of decision making and personal behavior in achieving the university鈥檚 commitment to a sustainable and carbon-neutral campus
- Supports and advances the university鈥檚 sustainability initiatives
- Influences others to use sustainable practices