Employee Engagement
Foster an institutional culture that promotes diversity and inclusion, a commitment to KCKCC and employee success
Goal 1
Improve employee equity to create a one team culture
Initiatives
- Identify and update college-wide policies, procedures and processes to be consistent across all employee groups
- Develop and implement a comprehensive college-wide compensation plan
- Initiate a college-wide employee recognition program
- Improve College-wide communication
Goal 2
Improve college-wide communication
Initiatives
- Assess current internal communication opportunities and develop a comprehensive internal communication strategy
- Continue open forums to obtain employee feedback and respond to employees questions
- Continue to enhance the employee suggestion and idea program
- Establish purpose/function/charters for all committees/groups
Goal 3
Attract and retain a high-performing diverse workforce that reflects the internal and external communities we serve
Initiatives
- Re-shape and optimize the recruitment and selection process to attract diverse highly qualified talent
- Develop a new faculty and staff performance appraisal process that appropriately assesses performance and rewards employees for achievements towards excellence
- Create and implement professional development programs and opportunities to support employee excellence
- Develop a succession planning process to include identifying critical positions, training, and career development opportunities
Goal 4
Increase employee satisfaction to align with the national norm for peer institutions
Initiatives
- Create an employee engagement task force that focuses on specific employee engagement strategies and outcomes
- Develop and implement assessment tools to measure employee engagement and satisfaction outcomes
- Implement focus group sessions to further assess and measure survey outcomes
- Implement a supervisor training program that focuses on developing supervisors in their efforts to enhance the employee experience