SESSION OVERVIEW
BELONG is usually framed around the student experience, but student experience teams themselves are some of the highest-turnover, highest-burnout teams on campus. This workshop turns the lens inward.
Drawing on Simple Nimble’s organisational diagnostic work across the higher education sector, this session highlights four determinants of belonging: role clarity and connection to purpose, role autonomy and workplace rhythms and rituals (meetings, check-ins, how wins get acknowledged).
Working in small groups, delegates will run a quick assessment of their own team against these four areas, surfacing where things are working well and where the cracks are starting to show. This is a genuinely hands-on session: each delegate leaves with a personal snapshot of their team’s strengths and risk areas, and a set of conversation starters to take back to their leadership team.
Delegates will leave with:
- A simple lens for spotting whether their own team has the conditions for belonging, not just their students
- A personal snapshot of where their team is thriving, and where it’s at risk of burnout or disengagement
- One practical idea for growing belonging, that anyone can implement in their team today
PRESENTER
At Simple Nimble, they know that when people thrive, businesses thrive.
Evidence shows that business performance increases and profitability grows by up to 21%, when teams are highly engaged and supported to do what they need to do. Simple Nimble work with organisations to transform their strategic performance, from developing and assessing the effectiveness of purposeful strategy, through to equipping organisations with the tools, systems and capabilities to elevate their performance.
And they do it all, with people at the centre.
About Kiri Fitzpatrick:
Kiri has a love of business development and commercialisation following 15+ years working to drive revenue and growth in finance, NFP and higher ed sectors. Her business nous, combined with her humanistic curiosity brings a unique energy to her interactions where she supports others to create, evolve and grow.