Get in touch
Email us at valuing-voices@york.ac.uk or alison.goodwin@york.ac.uk if you are interested in trying out any of the above initiatives.
Trial new ways of reward and recognition
"A thriving work environment is not just about knowledge and skills but about how we work together. Our staff community is the foundation of all the successes marked in our REF and TEF results and in so many other ways. So building a shared view of how we work well together, including the behaviours we value, is the key to our continued success in the future. This Community without Limits framework was created by our staff, in their words, and sets out behaviours which we can all get behind."
Charlie Jeffery, Vice-Chancellor and President
Your Community Without Limits Self Profiling Tool
As part of the Valuing Voices development opportunities for researchers and research-enablers at The University of York, we are offering you the opportunity to use the Your Community Without Limits Self Profiling Tool.
This is a brand new tool based around the Community Without Limits Framework.
🖊️You complete the self-profiler by yourself and receive a report that identifies areas of growth that will directly support you to become more effective in your role or make the next step in your career journey.
📜Your report is completely confidential but can be a useful foundation for discussions with your line manager in one to one meetings and Professional Development Reviews (PDRs) to explore steps for development.
We are opening this initial trial opportunity to only 50 University of York colleagues, and your feedback will be used to inform a rollout to colleagues more widely across the university.
Team Development Profiles
📣Calling all research teams! We have a fantastic opportunity to bring new energy and focus to how you work together in 2026 and beyond!
You might be a brand new team, had some staff changes or you've been working together for a while and feel you need a bit of a boost. That’s where the profile from Team Management Systems (TMS Development International Ltd, TMSDI) comes in!
Your TMSDI Team Profile highlights strengths, work preferences and team dynamics based on research into the qualities common to high-performing teams.
How does it work?
❔Everyone in the team completes a questionnaire
📜You receive your individual report
💪A trained facilitator from the Valuing Voices Team leads an interactive team day to share the parts you wish to share from your team profile so you can see where your team strengths, preferences and gaps are
👣Leave with a plan for how you can work together more effectively
🙂Be a happier and more productive team!
🪴Sidenote: As a Living Lab, the Valuing Voices team have tried this ourselves and it's changed how we function as a team. Read our Living Lab Reflection.
⌛How much time do we need to commit?
Approximately 30 minutes to complete your questionnaire
30-60 minutes to review and reflect on your individual report before the team day
A one day team session
This activity isn’t to call you out on areas that you’re not doing so well in. It’s about understanding the preferences across the team for different types of work, and using your new shared knowledge to ensure that if there are gaps (i.e. that one area of work that no-one in the team really enjoys doing most) then you can put strategies in place to make sure your team can thrive.