Improvement Opportunities

Confidence in Senior Leadership

• Increase clarity of direction and open, consistent communication.
• Strengthen trust and perceived competence relative to peers.

Leadership Development

• Performance management and onboarding are low and need modernization.
• Communication and collaboration among leaders are mixed.

Perception of Culture

• The statement “OU’s culture is special” is below peer benchmarks; define, live, and tell the culture story more intentionally.

Participation, Teamwork & Engagement

• Cross-department cooperation and respectful debate.
• The feeling of being “one team” is low; improve shared goals.

Compensation

• Perceptions of fair pay are low.
• Benefits are comparatively strong.

Performance Management & Onboarding

• Improve recognition, promotion clarity, and addressing low performance.
• Review process needs to be addressed towards job performance.

Faculty Experience

• Clarify and strengthen shared governance.
• Support for high-quality scholarship (time, resources, recognition) requires attention.