UMB ELEVATE

A Division of the Office of the Provost

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UMB ELEVATE brings faculty and staff together to identify opportunities to make our work easier, remove unnecessary barriers, and find better ways to work together. By building on the expertise and ideas of the people closest to the work, we can make good work even better.

Elevating Employee Ideas and Impact

The people who know our work best are the people who do it every day.

UMB ELEVATE brings faculty and staff together to identify ways to make our work easier, more effective, and more meaningful. By building on the ideas and expertise of the people closest to the work, we can find better ways to work together and strengthen how we serve our university community.

  

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Building on What Our People Do Best

At UMB, our employees' expertise, creativity, and commitment are among our greatest strengths. UMB ELEVATE builds on those strengths by bringing people together to examine how work gets done, share ideas, explore new approaches, and put better solutions into practice.

Continuous improvement is about making good work better. It gives us an opportunity to learn from one another, address challenges, and make meaningful improvements to the way we work.

What Does That Look Like?

It starts with the people closest to the work. UMB ELEVATE encourages employees to share ideas about how we can:

  • Simplify processes and make everyday work easier
  • Remove unnecessary barriers and frustrations
  • Create greater value for our university and the people we serve
  • Find better ways to work together

By working smarter, embracing new ideas, and continuously improving together, we can strengthen UMB, expand our impact, and better advance our mission of education, research, clinical care, and community engagement.