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Our mission

The UIT Strategic Planning and Process Team is an internal consulting office that serves all University of Utah organizations. Our purpose is to improve organizational capacity through strategic planning and process improvement, creating a shared vision and making jobs easier.

With 20+ years of helping diverse, multidiscipline teams, we have a deep understanding of how the university functions. We help our clients find strategic connections with proven results.

Our values 

We value facilitation, listening, and continuous improvement.  

Our process

We believe that strategy moves your team forward and process improvement measures progress. In our facilitation sessions, we invite and encourage your team to submit recommendations on strategic improvements, including new or updated workflows. The ideas are theirs, not ours, so they own the results. Your team works together to create and embrace a culture of continuous improvement. All this work makes their jobs easier.

Team experience

Strategic planning

Experienced facilitators
Trained Appreciative Inquiry professionals

Our team has helped university leaders visualize their strategies since 2004. We facilitate conversations, not engineer them. Ideas come from you and your team.

Process alignment

Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belts
Certified Scrum Masters (CSM)

Our processes harness the shared understanding of your team to produce a workflow that makes their jobs easier.

Organizational change

Prosci Certified Change Practitioners
Project Management Professional (PMP)

Our team can help define your change management strategy and implement your plans for your organization.

Our team

We are not just a team, we are a family. And we love to make jobs easier.

Jeff Shuckra

Jeff Shuckra

Associate Director

jeff.shuckra@utah.edu 

801-585-6863

Jim Urry

James Urry

Senior Organizational Change Manager/Process Analyst

jim.urry@utah.edu

801-585-6736

Ryan Hines

Ryan Hines

Process Architect

ryan.hines@utah.edu 

801-585-7651

Open position

Senior Organizational Change Manager/Process Analyst

first.last@utah.edu

801-587-XXXX

Contact us!

Request a consultation

You can also email us at strategyconsult@utah.edu.

Last Updated: 11/4/24