Performance Goal Alignment with Jayhawks Rising Institutional Priorities

Introduction to Jayhawks Rising

Jayhawks Rising, the strategic plan for KU’s Lawrence and Edwards campuses, is designed to help KU effectively meet its mission to educate leaders, build healthy communities, and make discoveries that change the world. The framework is organized around three institutional priorities, five campus goals, and sixteen supporting objectives that create a clear and ambitious direction for KU. 

Strategic Alignment with Jayhawks Rising

As a member of the KU community, you are part of Jayhawks Rising. Your work should align with one or more of Jayhawks Rising’s three priorities: research & discovery, healthy & vibrant communities, and student success. Strategic alignment encourages us to thoughtfully consider how our daily actions contribute to KU's mission, emphasizing collaboration, clarity of purpose, and active contribution toward our goals.

To support alignment with Jayhawks Rising, MyTalent allows employees to set measurable goals linked to one or more of the three institutional priorities. 

Professional and Position Goal Alignment with Jayhawks Rising Institutional Priorities

For goal setting, reference the Jayhawks Rising alignment model below to have a structured conversation with the employees you supervise about how to set a measurable goal that aligns with one of the three institutional priorities. This can also be a resource for employees as they think about the goals for their own position, or to structure a conversation about goals with their supervisor. For additional help on goal setting, please refer to the Human Resources Goals and Objective Setting webpage.

Questions to consider when determining how a position's responsibilities align with Jayhawks Rising:

1. In thinking about the position, what are the main responsibilities?

2.  In thinking about the job responsibilities, why are they important?

3.  In thinking about the work performed in this position, how does it serve the University?

4.  In thinking about why the University needs this work performed, how does the work influence one or more of the objectives that are aligned with one of the institutional priorities? 

Highlighted below are the institutional priorities within the Jayhawks Rising framework. This is a visual guide for units in considering how their work and accomplishments may contribute to advancing them by looking at our five campus goals and the supporting objectives. To view the full version of the Jayhawks Rising framework, please click here.