As the Total Organizational Health (TOH@UTC) initiative continues for our campus, sometimes we hear stories and review data that show improvements, and other times this information highlights continued pain points and challenges affecting our campus. In this blog post, we are pleased to share some positive and encouraging TOH-related news from the recently completed UT…
TOH@UTC Updates for Spring 2025
As we settle into this semester, we have a few updates to share from the Fall 2024 Total Organizational Health (TOH@UTC) progress check evaluation, to which all UTC employees had the opportunity to respond in November 2024. These recurring TOH@UTC progress check evaluations, along with other campus and system surveys like the McLean and COACHE…
Positive Signs of TOH@UTC
As we approach the midpoint of the Fall 2024 semester, it is important and appropriate for us to reflect on the Total Organizational Health (TOH@UTC) initiative and the extent to which its core elements are present for employees across our campus. Although there is still work to be done in identifying and improving TOH for…
Managing Gossip at Work
Gossip within workplaces is very common – By some estimates, almost 90% of employees share, hear, or are the target of workplace gossip on a daily basis (e.g., Grosser et al., 2012). Data gathered through the Total Organizational Health (TOH@UTC) initiative confirm that in many workgroups on campus, gossip is a frequent occurrence in day-to-day…
Job Crafting: Redesigning Work for Enhanced Meaning and Motivation
For most of us, the motivation to work is at least somewhat linked to the meaning and purpose we find in what we do, and to our ability to control at least a little bit of how we do that work. When our work feels really basic, routine, restrictive, or unchanging, our motivation to work…