We develop ourselves and our teams through continued professional development, and use feedback to improve. We create a culture that delivers successful outcomes through people, supporting, developing and challenging our teams to succeed. We involve our people in developing a vision for the future and in enabling innovation and change, improving University, team and individual performance.
examples - AS LEADERS AT SWANSEA UNIVERSITY, WE WILL:
- Actively give, seek and receive feedback, using this as an opportunity to build self-awareness and to improve the performance of self and others
- Champion the strategic importance of people, creating a learning culture that values and enables continuous professional development to maximise individual and team potential, including coaching, mentoring, job experience and appropriate professional qualifications
- Hold self and teams accountable for achieving results, creating a culture that motivates others to be innovative and outcome-focussed and to perform effectively during challenging and changing times
- Lead change taking into account the impact on people and the needs and priorities of Swansea
- Actively communicate the reasons behind strategic decisions and plans, involving staff in developing a bold, innovative vision which reflects the core values of the Institution and create a sense of pride
- examples - AS LEADERS AT SWANSEA UNIVERSITY, WE WILL NOT:
- Set a culture that is risk adverse where teams continue to do things in the same way, or use time pressures as an excuse not to think about things differently or see things through
- Avoid difficult conversations about poor performance or to recognise and value successes
- Fail to strategically plan and prioritise, setting vague or uninspiring goals that lack clarity around expectations
- Lack confidence or impact at high levels, missing opportunities to communicate messages or being seen as too ready to complain instead of doing something about it
- Fail to actively lead people processes, including recruitment, probation and PDR to build high-performing teams