The University's Campus Climate work group is hosting a series of World Café events for University staff, students, and faculty to share individual and collective experiences that have made them feel more or less welcome, included, and respected on campus. A staff World Café will take place November 11, 11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Multipurpose Room 5, Recreation & Wellness Center, East Bank. For more details and to RSVP, visit the Campus Climate website.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Employee engagement survey
The deadline to participate in the Employee Engagement survey is October 31st. Thus far, Office of Undergraduate Education, including ASR, has the highest response rate at the University with 71% of employees responding. The survey takes about 10 minutes to complete and your response is appreciated. For more information, visit the survey website.
Wellness tip: be good to yourself
This issue's wellness tip is about taking care of your physical and mental health, particularly during times of stress, Be Good to Yourself.
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Employee Engagement Survey out Monday
The University of Minnesota will soon begin conducting its second annual E2 Employee Engagement Survey. You should have received an email today (Thursday, October 9) from Mary Stein in Bob McMaster's office with the subject line "IMPORTANT: Employee Engagement Survey." That email contains important information about how to define certain terms used in the survey. If you need that email re-sent to you, please send an email to asrcomm@umn.edu.
Benefits-eligible faculty and staff will receive an email on October 13 from the Hay Group, an external vendor that is administering the survey. Take 10 minutes to share your thoughts about your work and your workplace. All answers are confidential. Your answers will help the University fulfill its teaching and research mission.
If you have any issues with the survey link you receive, contact the Hay Group directly to request a new link at UofMNsurvey.US@haygroup.com. Each survey link is customized and can only be used one time.
More information on engagement is available from the Office of Human Resources.
Benefits-eligible faculty and staff will receive an email on October 13 from the Hay Group, an external vendor that is administering the survey. Take 10 minutes to share your thoughts about your work and your workplace. All answers are confidential. Your answers will help the University fulfill its teaching and research mission.
If you have any issues with the survey link you receive, contact the Hay Group directly to request a new link at UofMNsurvey.US@haygroup.com. Each survey link is customized and can only be used one time.
More information on engagement is available from the Office of Human Resources.
Work tip: SCAMPER - Improving processes and services
SCAMPER: Substitute - Combine - Adapt - Modify - Put to another use - Eliminate - Reverse
Asking questions about existing processes or services using specific prompts will help you come up with creative ideas for developing new processes and for improving current ones.
First, take an existing opportunity that you want to improve, one that you're currently having problems with, or one that you think could be a good starting point for future development. Then, ask questions using the SCAMPER mnemonic to brainstorm as many questions and answers as you can.
Finally, look at the answers that you came up with. Do any stand out as viable solutions?
Sound interesting? Find more here.
Asking questions about existing processes or services using specific prompts will help you come up with creative ideas for developing new processes and for improving current ones.
First, take an existing opportunity that you want to improve, one that you're currently having problems with, or one that you think could be a good starting point for future development. Then, ask questions using the SCAMPER mnemonic to brainstorm as many questions and answers as you can.
- Substitute: What other process could you use?
- Combine: What could you combine to maximize the uses of this process?
- Adapt: How could you adapt or readjust this process to serve another purpose or use?
- Modify: How could you change the shape, look, or feel of your process?
- Put to another use: Can you use this process somewhere else?
- Eliminate: How could you streamline or simplify this process?
- Reverse: What would happen if you reversed this process or sequenced things differently?
Finally, look at the answers that you came up with. Do any stand out as viable solutions?
Sound interesting? Find more here.
Wellness tip: save on your annual UPlan rates
Employees can now save $400 or $600 on their annual UPlan rates, depending on their tier of coverage. UPlan members enrolled in Employee-only or Employee and Children coverage who earn at least 400 wellness points will save $400 on their 2016 annual rates. UPlan members enrolled in Employee and Spouse with or without Children coverage who earn at least 600 points will save $600 on their 2016 rates.
To correspond with the increased UPlan rate savings, the program has increased the points employees can earn with many of the wellness programs. UPlan-covered spouses can now earn up to 200 points for their joint balance, but they are not required to.
To correspond with the increased UPlan rate savings, the program has increased the points employees can earn with many of the wellness programs. UPlan-covered spouses can now earn up to 200 points for their joint balance, but they are not required to.
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