Posts to this blog address a variety of TOH topics that are important to our campus and working in a university setting more broadly. These resources were created in response to needs identified through the ongoing TOH@UTC initiative, which you can learn more about by visiting https://www.utc.edu/total-organizational-health.
TOH@UTC Updates for Spring 2026: Evidence of continued progress
As we move through the Spring 2026 semester, here is an update on the status of the ongoing Total Organizational Health (TOH@UTC) initiative here at UTC. As a reminder, this initiative remains a data-driven effort to build a culture that protects and promotes “worker health” (physical, psychological, and social well-being) and “organizational health” (resilience and…
Understanding and Managing Emotions at Work: A TOH@UTC Guide
A common challenge encountered when working with leaders across campus is how to identify, understand, and generally work with the emotions and emotional experiences of their employees. There is no shortcut to doing that type of listening, learning, and relationship building work. It is not easy, but it is necessary as we work to build…
TOH@UTC Updates for Fall 2025
This brief blog post presents reminders and updates regarding the ongoing Total Organizational Health initiative for our campus (TOH@UTC). If you are curious what this “TOH thing” is all about or what is happening with this initiative for this semester, please take a few minutes to read this post. If you have questions or would…
TOH@UTC Updates: Checking our Direction with the Spring 2025 Progress Check Evaluation
As the Spring 2025 semester ends, the Total Organizational Health (TOH@UTC) team would like to share a few updates based on the recently completed Spring 2025 TOH@UTC progress check evaluation, to which all UTC employees had the opportunity to respond in April 2025. These recurring TOH@UTC progress check evaluations, along with other campus and systems…
Personal career development: ladders and lattices
There are moments in every person’s career when progression or advancement feels stalled or somehow blocked. These experiences can reduce our motivation for and dull our sense of fulfillment and purpose in our work. Organizations can often facilitate learning and development activities to facilitate career-related exploration and growth. Sometimes it is possible to even build…