Tools to help supervisors and managers review Staff Experience Survey results, discuss them with teams and take action
Job and Presentation Aids
- Getting Started with Staff Experience Survey Results (PDF)
- Reporting from Staff Experience Survey (PDF)
- Taking Action on Staff Experience Survey Results (PDF)
- Presenting Survey Results Template (PPT)
Suggested Actions
The following resources suggest actions that managers can take in the Staff Experience Survey action areas. (If you are a manager with Glint survey dashboard access, you will also find these resources there.)
- Action Taking
- Belonging
- Care
- Career
- Collaboration
- Communication Flow
- Culture
- Decision Making
- Empowerment
- Equal Opportunity
- Feedback
- Growth
- Intent to Stay
- Leadership
- Manager
- Purpose
- Recognition
- Resources
- Role
- Speak My Mind
- Work Life Balance
Manager Quick Tip videos for Staff Experience Survey
- General Navigation
- Dashboard
- Executive Presentation
- Heat Map
- Driver Impact
- Comments & Narrative Intelligence
- Collaborative Action
Viewing Survey Results and Understanding the Survey Dashboard
- Basics about Manager Dashboard
- Results Interpretation Guide
- Empowering Managers to Own Results
- Audio/Video – Dashboard Demo for Managers
Discussing Results with Your Team and Taking Action
- Quick Guide to Post-Survey Conversations for Managers
- Propelling Action-Taking Through Conversations
- Coaching for Managers with Smaller Teams
- Let’s Have an A.C.T. Conversation
- Employee Satisfaction, Engagement and Experience … What Do They Mean?
- Guide to Recording Actions in Glint Dashboard
Additional Training and Tools
- Training and Resources for Taking Action
- Culture
- > Living the Principles of Community (e-learning)
- > Cross-Cultural Competence Certificate Series (Instructor-led)
- > Understanding Diversity Certificate Series (Instructor-led)
- > UC Davis Diversity, Equity and Inclusion's Unit and Department Trainings
- > UC Davis Ombuds Office Department Trainings
- > UC Davis Manager Toolkit
- > UC Davis Onboarding Toolkit Supervisor's Guide
- > Living the Principles of Community (e-learning)
- > Cross-Cultural Competence Certificate Series (Instructor-led)
- > Understanding Diversity Certificate Series (Instructor-led)
- > UC Davis Group Mentoring Program
- > UC Davis Mentoring Toolkit
- > UC Davis Diversity, Equity and Inclusion's Unit and Department Trainings
- > UC Davis Ombuds Office Department Trainings
- > UC Davis Community Involvement Resources
- > UC Davis Manager Toolkit
- > UC Davis Onboarding Toolkit Supervisor's Guide
- > UC Experience Conversations Toolkit
- > Living the Principles of Community (e-learning)
- > Is it Bullying? Awareness and Strategies (Instructor-Led)
- > Conflict Competence: Listening to be Heard (Instructor-Led)
- > UC Davis Ombuds Office Department Trainings
- > UC Experience Conversations Toolkit
- > UC Davis Individual Development Plan
- > Career Management Courses (Instructor-Led)
- > UC Davis Group Mentoring Program
- > UC Davis Mentoring Toolkit
- > UC Davis Manager Toolkit
- > UC Davis Career Management Toolkit
- > UC Experience Conversations Toolkit
- > Career Management Courses (Instructor-Led)
- > UC Davis Individual Development Plan
- > UC Davis Career Management Toolkit
- > UC Davis Mentoring Toolkit
- > UC Davis Manager Toolkit
- > UC Experience Conversations Toolkit
- > Developing as a Supervisor Certificate Series
- > Mastering Supervision Certificate Series
- > UC Davis Management Development Program
- > UC Davis Group Mentoring Program
- > UC Davis Mentoring Toolkit
- > UC Davis Manager Toolkit
- > UC Davis WorkLife Resources for Managers
- > UC Davis Senior Leadership Program
- > UC Davis Onboarding Toolkit Supervisor's Guide
- > UC Davis WorkLife Resources
- > UC Davis WorkLife Resources for Managers
- > UC Davis Ombuds Office Department Trainings
- > UC Experience Conversations Toolkit
- > Conflict Competence: Constructive Feedback for Positive Change (Instructor-Led)
- > Conflict Competence: Creative Problem Solving in the Workplace (Instructor-Led)
- > Conflict Competence for Managers and Supervisors (Instructor-Led)
- > Conflict Competence for Staff (Instructor-Led)
- > Conflict Competence in Uncertain Times (Instructor-Led)
- > Conflict Competence: Getting to the Root of Group Conflict (Instructor-Led)
- > Conflict Competence: Listening to be Heard (Instructor-Led)
- > Conflict Management: Diversity in Conflict Modes (Instructor-Led)
- > Crucial Conversations (Instructor-Led)
- > UC Davis Ombuds Office Department Trainings
- > Implementing the Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Vision (Instructor-led)
- > Making the Unconscious Conscious: Understanding and Mitigating Bias (Instructor-led)
- > Cross-Cultural Competence Certificate Series (Instructor-led)
- > Understanding Diversity Certificate Series (Instructor-led)
- > UC Davis Diversity, Equity and Inclusion's Unit and Department Trainings
- > UC Davis Ombuds Office Department Trainings
- > UC Davis Manager Toolkit
- > UC Davis Onboarding Toolkit Supervisor's Guide
- > UC Experience Conversations Toolkit
Departments that can help improve the staff experience:
- Academic and Staff Assistance Program (ASAP)
- ASAP offers confidential, cost-free counseling, consultation and referral services to all UC Davis and UC Davis Health faculty, staff and their immediate families. For more in-depth assistance, ASAP offers customized departmental services with a recharge, including specialized departmental facilitations and executive coaching.
Website: https://hr.ucdavis.edu/departments/asap
Phone: (530) 752-2727 - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
- The DEI Office offers educational opportunities to units and departments, in addition to scheduled courses, seminars and workshops, on a host of topics aimed to increase awareness and sensitivity about the diversity that makes up our campus community. Through facilitated discussions, these educational sessions engage participants in dialogue about creating a more inclusive campus community and developing the important skills necessary to navigate an increasingly diverse institution. The DEI team is happy to work with departments to develop a custom program. To request a specialized presentation, training, or workshop for your group, please complete a Needs Assessment.
Website: https://diversity.ucdavis.edu/about
Email: diversitytraining@ucdavis.edu - Employee and Labor Relations
- Employee and Labor Relations (ELR) department works to enhance the relationship between the university and employees by providing direction and guidance on unions, policies, agreements and more. We work closely with both managers and supervisors in Davis and Sacramento to ensure the correct application of policies, procedures and laws are being used to manage a large, diverse, and round-the-clock workforce.
Employee Relations Team
The Employee Relations unit provides employees and supervisors with the resolutions of work-related issues. They also provide consultation and advice to managers, supervisors and employees regarding Human Resources issues, including performance management, corrective actions, interpretation of policies and procedures and collective bargaining agreements, training of staff policy and procedures, FMLA, etc.
Labor Relations Team
UC Davis Labor Relations is dedicated to creating and sustaining a positive work environment. We work to effectively communicate with the campus community on issues regarding collective bargaining, grievance processes, changes in labor law and more. We enhance understanding and create rapid solutions to other issues such like arbitrations, unfair labor practice charges and complaints to state agencies.
Website: https://hr.ucdavis.edu/departments/elr - Harassment & Discrimination Assistance and Prevention Program (HDAPP)
- HDAPP supports the University's commitment to a harassment and discrimination-free work and learning environment for all members of the UC Davis, UC Davis Health, and University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) campuses by preventing harassment and discrimination from occurring at UC Davis, UC Davis Health, and ANR by educating the campus communities about the issues; assisting individuals and campus units to resolve conflicts and complaints related to harassment, discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual violence and hate and bias; and serving as the central office for receiving reports and maintaining records of these types of complaints.
Website: https://hdapp.ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 747-3864
Anonymous Call Line: (530) 747-3865
Email: hdapp@ucdavis.edu - Ombuds Office
- The Ombuds Office is a confidential, independent, impartial and informal problem-solving and conflict management resource for all members of the UC Davis and UC Davis Health campus communities. The Ombuds Office can assist by listening to concerns, clarifying issues, identifying policies and resources, and providing coaching and communication strategies. The Ombuds Office provides individuals meetings, mediation and trainings.
In addition to training courses and workshops offered in the UC Learning Center, the Ombuds Office offers tailored training to groups or work teams to address their specific needs.
Website: https://ombuds.ucdavis.edu/
Phone: (530) 754-7233
Email: ombuds@ucdavis.edu (for non-confidential communications) - Organizational Excellence
- Thriving organizations develop and exist through the integration of effective leaders, high functioning teams, engaged employees, and the agility to initiate, manage and socialize change. Organizational Excellence partners with leaders, teams and organizations on all three levels to build and maintain strength and resilience. Our four broad categories of service offerings reflect our dedication to a thriving UC Davis.
Website: https://hr.ucdavis.edu/departments/oe
Phone: (530) 752-0990 - UC Davis Learning and Development
- UC Davis Learning and Development supports the further education of faculty and staff by providing innovative, high-quality learning and development programs, resources and services. They offer courses, programs and certificate series on nearly 300 topics, as well as a resource library, online toolkits and training consultations.
Website: https://hr.ucdavis.edu/learning
Phone: (530) 752-1766
Email: hr-learning@ucdavis.edu
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