The Measure of an Organization Rests on a Covenant Called Relationship

The core mission of Human Resources is focused on organizational strength: how an organization activates its purpose and mission by attracting the right people, integrating them into the operational processes, and sustaining a high level of engagement over time.

We turned to the Assistant Vice President of Total Talent Management at the University of Washington, Ujima Donalson, to help us understand what that looks like. Ujima first asked two questions before she assumed the role: “What are our strengths and how can we crank that up a notch? How do we move from excellent to premier?”

And now she has become an articulate and inspiring advocate for the university’s stakeholders.

This has become even more important during the era of the pandemic: not just the virus, but, according to Ujima, the pandemic of economic disparity and racial injustice. Now more than ever, leaders must come to terms with the fact that “Their next will become our next.”