Redesign the Faculty and Staff Journeys

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Redesign the Faculty and Staff Journeys

Redesign the faculty and staff journeys to align with strategic goals, fostering professional development, career advancement, and a sense of community through interdisciplinary engagement and mentorship initiatives.
Key Objectives:
  • Enhance career development by establishing clear pathways for career progression and providing ongoing skill development opportunities.
  • Improve performance management through effective tools and processes tailored to Katz’s needs.
  • Strengthen recruitment and retention efforts by implementing leader development initiatives and diversity-and-inclusion-focused strategies.
Supporting Tactics
  1. Formalize and launch the faculty and staff journey redesign initiatives by engaging stakeholders, defining expected outcomes, and developing initiative charges.
  2. Develop a faculty and staff recruitment and retention plan that considers growth; succession; and diversity, equity, and inclusion considerations.
  3. Establish and/or promote faculty career progression frameworks by defining clear criteria, fostering ongoing skill development, and enhancing the performance management process and supporting tools.
  4. Enhance faculty and staff leadership development initiatives that address the unique needs of individuals and prepare them for advancement (e.g., mentorship programs, educational workshops).

Working Group Members

 

Group Champions

 
Julie Brissett  Senior Director of People Management 
Heather Clauss, MD  Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs 

Members

Melanie Cosby, PhD  Director, Diversity and Inclusion, Office of Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion 
Dorian Culmer-Butler, DVM  University Attending and Director of the University Laboratory Resources 
Adam Ehrlich, MD  Interim Chief, Section of Gastroenterology 
Kimberly Forde, MD, PhD  Assistant Dean, Career Advising 
Marc Graver  Senior Administrator, Center for Substance Abuse Research  
Michael Lester  Assistant Dean, Physician/Faculty Recruitment and Retention, Katz and Temple Faculty Physicians 
Zoe Maher, MD  Associate Professor, Surgery 
Glenn Rall, PhD  Chief Academic Officer and Professor, Fox Chase Cancer Center 
Gareth Thomas, PhD  Associate Professor, Neural Sciences 
Anjali Vaidya, MD  Professor, Medicine