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Connecting With Our Values

Inclusive, Teamwork, Integrity, Pragmatism, Ambition, Purposeful

Hayley Brooke

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How values-aligned recruitment can benefit leaders

Pragmatism: In my session I feel we all liked the fact that this value existed - it's grounding and in some ways brave.

LBU Colleague Connecting with our Values workshop
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Using awareness and understanding to help our community | Inclusive

We caught up with Babita Bhogal, Research Development Manager and asked her to share her experience of becoming a Dignity & Respect Advisor.

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Teamwork - In our Team we developed a mission statement which helps guide how we work with others and support each other. We developed this together by looking at what we do and how we wanted to do it

LBU Colleague Connecting with our Values MS Teams
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What is the role of our values when we welcome new colleagues to the university?

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Purposefulness: For me this connects with efficiency, effectiveness, time management and, ultimately, success in what we're aiming to achieve. When others are clear on their purpose, in meetings for example… it brings with it both confidence and clarity.

LBU Colleague Connecting with our Values MS Teams
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Our values have a direct impact on everybody in our community, from colleagues with decades of service, to students having their first thoughts about studying here.

Our values shape our culture, they give us clarity, consistency, and a common purpose. They help others know what to expect from us and help us to welcome new colleagues. Whether we’re experiencing a period of stability or living through uncertain times, our values are a touchpoint which helps to guide our interactions and decisions. 

Having a shared set of values can help us to connect with each other and to contribute to the communities both within the university and the wider area.

Our values are part of our DNA as an institution.  We want to build our understanding of what the values mean for everyone at LBU, and how they will influence their work and our success.

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We champion our diverse community

Inclusive

We value our unique differences; our university is a space for students and colleagues to be themselves. We want everyone at LBU to feel a sense of belonging.
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Maria Flora
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We are one Team

Teamwork

We each play a part in our collective success. Collaboration across our community is core to what we do. We work together to create an environment that supports students and colleagues to thrive.

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Sujana Shafique
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We value trust, honesty, and fairness

Integrity

We do what we say and take responsibility for our actions. We are open about the expectations we set and deliver on our commitments.
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Joy Ogbemudia
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We take pride

Pragmatism

We know where to prioritise our attention and energies to achieve our ambitions. We are realistic, progressive, and straightforward.
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Sam Jebson
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We aim high

Ambition

Our university is committed to making a positive and decisive difference. We do this through our curiosity and creativity. We want everyone to achieve their best.

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Dee Grismond
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We work with intent

Purposeful

We focus on what matters to achieve the best possible outcomes for our students, colleagues, and partners. We are adaptable and forwardthinking in our approach.

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George Anderson

There are lots of ways that you can get involved. Please make time to contribute to these conversations, every voice is important:

  • Download our Values Toolkit, with more on why being a values-led organisation matters, and how the values can help the delivery of our work. The Toolkit contains ideas and activities for bringing our values to life in teams.
  • You could keep the values message alive in your teams by downloading our printable poster and displaying in a prominent position within your work area.
  • Join our MS Teams to keep updated and share your views. You can read about other colleagues’ experiences and share what the values mean to you. You could share an example of how you’ve seen the values bought to life at Leeds Beckett through a short story or photo.
  • Your PDR is also a natural opportunity for conversations about our values and how they connect with your work. Our Preparing for My PDR Guide can get you started, visit the PDR webpage for further guidance.
  • Get in touch with our team to share your ideas on how we can embed the values into our colleague experience of working here; such as team development activities or recruitment and induction.

Every colleague has their own set of values, unique to their background, relationships and experiences of life and work.  We wouldn’t expect you to adopt LBU’s shared values as your own in all aspects of your life. 

We would, however, like you to think about your own personal values and to identify any similarities. In this way, you can make a connection with what is important to you as an individual and bring this to your contributions at work.

Our colleagues have been and will remain central to forming our values. 

The conversation began when our Senior Management Group were asked to engage with teams to provide feedback and ideas around potential organisational values. 

This was followed by an all-colleague email from the Vice Chancellor asking colleagues for their input.

After receiving responses from across the university, the University Executive Team agreed on a finalised set of values.
They were later announced in an email to all colleagues from the Vice Chancellor.

contact us

Do you have a story to share where our values have a positive impact at LBU? Email the values team.