Leadership | Success for New Employees | Collaboration | Communication
Professional Development | Mentoring | Efficiency | Suggestions
"Some people don't know that they have a voice to implement change. We need more promotion of the Compact to make people feel that their contributions are valuable."
"It sometimes feels that there is not much structure and that there is a lot of talk, but not much action. In some cases these activities feel like academic exercises rather than tangible things that are really going to affect change. It matters how it is managed. You can never have too much input, but if that input is not laid on top of a process then it can become noise."
"I think we need to talk about the Campus Compact more with students. We need to figure out a way to integrate it into the student orientation. So when they come to Oregon State they know what they are signing on for and know our principles and traditions."
"These principles are timeless. We need to revisit these principles and assess where we are with these initiatives. What did we accomplish with the initiatives? We need to see the concrete effects these have had on campus."
"In considering a standard means of evaluating individual or departmental performance, I think it would be a good idea to use the Campus Compact as a starting point. The Compact offers a strong set of standards that might round out other performance measures and that are equally critical to an institution's success."
"We have got to be clear that new initiatives do not translate into working harder because I think that people would generally say that people already work hard. To be pushed to say 'we need to come up with new initiatives' as a way of saying 'well, you need to work harder and do more' I think would be a slap in the face, an insult to some people who have done a very good job with less resources. For example Career Services and University Exploratory Studies have had more demands placed on them while they have dealt with many staff vacancies yet they have done a very effective job with what they had... That's going to be tricky for leaders who want to move this thing forward. These things need to initiated and move forward with the understanding and sensitivity that people are already feeling kind of taxed."
"To be committed to lifelong learning we can save money by using on campus resources. We can bridge the gap of knowledge by learning skills from the human resources we have on hand... The new employee orientation I had was not very productive, many of the ideals were not touched upon. There needs to be an opportunity to connect with other new staff members on a social and work level."
"I would hope that there are multiple people for support that can rotate to allow participation in development activities for classified staff. They could then synthesize their notes with colleagues to combat disconnect from such activities."
"I think there needs to continually be a lot of work invested in the leaders of Student Affairs. That work cannot be underestimated in making sure that when we hire people they have a lot of understanding of the Compact and can be committed to it when times are hard. There needs to be a lot of investment in leadership because that is where the values trickle down."
"It's what... 17 pages. The Compact can get kind of wordy which makes it hard to read. For me less ambiguity would help. It would be useful to have a summary, all of the information condensed would be easier to use."
"There needs to be more involvement of people in technical positions. The ideals of the Compact need to trickle down to all levels."
