UMB ELEVATE connects UMB’s mission, strategic priorities, and core values with the way we work every day. By empowering employees to improve processes and solve problems, ELEVATE helps teams make better use of their time, talent, and resources while improving the experience of the people they serve.
At the heart of continuous improvement is a fundamental belief - respect for people. ELEVATE recognizes that the people closest to the work bring valuable knowledge, experience, and ideas that enrich the entire university. Improvement happens with employees, not to employees, by creating opportunities for people to participate, learn, solve problems, and shape better ways of working.
Through coaching, facilitation, training, and practical improvement tools, ELEVATE helps teams:
- Focus on value by directing resources toward what matters most
- Engage and respect people by involving those closest to the work in understanding problems and developing solutions
- Simplify processes by reducing unnecessary steps, duplication, barriers, and rework
- Solve problems using structured, data-informed approaches
- Improve experiences for the people and communities UMB serves
- Measure and sustain results to ensure improvements achieve their intended outcomes
Strategy into Action
ELEVATE helps translate UMB’s mission, strategic priorities, and core values into action by connecting institutional goals with improvements in everyday work.
People at the Center
The people closest to the work are often best positioned to improve it. Schools, departments, and units identify opportunities and shape solutions, while UMB ELEVATE provides the training, tools, coaching, facilitation, and structure to help turn ideas into sustainable improvements.
UMB ELEVATE connects strategy to action through continuous improvement, respect for people, and a shared commitment to making the way we work better.