Talent Management

We provide deep subject matter leadership to design and steward enterprise talent strategies, partnering across People and Culture to build organizational capability and deliver meaningful client impact.

What We Are

Deep subject matter expertise in talent and organizational practices
An enterprise-wide lens that ensures institutional alignment
Owners of policies, frameworks, and program design
Accountable for monitoring, evaluation, and continuous improvement

How We Work

Collaborative design with People & Culture partners
Evidence-informed and data-driven practice
Governance alignment and standards stewardship
Ongoing evaluation to strengthen impact and effectiveness

Organizational Development

Stronger leaders. Aligned teams. Real impact. Through customized development, expert facilitation, and change support we build resilient, high-performing teams that deliver real results.

Talent Acquisition

Designing and delivering strategic recruitment practices that attract exceptional talent and advance equitable, consistent hiring across the university.

Learning Experience

Designing purposeful, learner-centered experiences that translate strategy into practical, engaging learning solutions that build capability.

Organizational Development

The Organizational Development team empowers leaders to ignite team potential and drive meaningful change. Through customized workshops, facilitated conversations, hands-on skill-building, and practical tools, we equip leaders to create resilient teams, tackle challenges with confidence and inspire their people to thrive. We also offer customized workshops.

Leadership Development

We support leadership teams to:

Align on leadership goals and approach
Explore communication and working styles
Lead teams with clarity, trust and accountability
Build trust and strengthen team dynamics
Navigate difficult conversations
Build a strong team culture through psychological safety

Change Leadership Support

We provide guidance and facilitation for navigating change, equipping leaders to:

Prepare their team for change
Support their team through uncertainty and transition
Identify signs of change fatigue
Anticipate and respond to resistance
Maintain morale, trust and engagement
Create space for teams to process and adapt

Team Development

Through interactive workshops, we enable teams to:

Define their mission, vision and values
Clarify roles, expectations and ways of working
Identify what is fueling them forward and holding them back
Build trust and psychological safety
Explore communication styles to improve collaboration
Address tensions or reset after challenges

Wellbeing and Belonging

Engaging workshops on a variety of topics:

Stress management and personal resilience
Workplace mental health
Understanding psychological safety
Recognize signs of burn-out and how to cope
Self-care strategies

Learn More

Contact us to learn more about how the Organizational Development team can support your team, faculty, or department. Please note: requests require 6-8 weeks' notice to allow for planning and scheduling.

Talent Acquisition

The Talent Acquisition team designs and delivers strategic recruitment practices that attract, assess, and secure exceptional talent. We steward enterprise hiring standards, strengthen recruitment capability, and advance equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and Indigenous engagement to ensure consistent, high-quality hiring across the university.

Full-cycle Recruitment

We provide full-cycle recruitment services for:

Senior leadership
Hard-to-fill roles

Recruitment Resources

To support hiring managers and committees, we develop:

Pre-recruitment and recruitment resources
Hiring toolkits
Equitable and Inclusive Hiring training

Institutional Recruitment Initiatives

We support initiatives including:

Academic hiring programs (CRC, CERC)
Equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility
Indigenous engagement strategies

Branding and Talent Attraction

Through strategic practices, we showcase:

UCalgary’s strengths and opportunities
A career journey at UCalgary
Our commitment to employees

Have questions or need guidance? We’re here to help! Whether you’re looking for resources, clarification on processes, or support with academic hiring. Email our team, or access the for more information.

Learning Experience Specialists (LX)

The Learning Experience team designs purposeful, evidence-based learning solutions that strengthen capability across the institution. We partner with teams to create learner-centered experiences that are practical, accessible, and aligned with organizational priorities—ensuring the right learning reaches the right people at the right time.

Learning Solutions

We partner with teams to:

Identify needs and define the right learning solutions
Design learner-centered experiences across formats

Evidence-based Practices

We applying practices rooted in:

Adult learning
Instructional design

Inclusive Learning

We create flexible, inclusive learning tailored to:

Roles
Career stages
Goals

Solution Assessment

We measure and continuously improve:

Learning impact
Learning effectiveness

Questions or inquiries about learning experiences in Talent Management can be directed to UService, and a team member will follow up with you.

Self-Service

Find resources and tools in your Self-Service portal

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UService

UService can resolve the majority of 'how to' questions. More complex issues will be escalated to the right People and Culture team.

Call 403.210.9300

Email UService

People and Culture Teams

Our experts will assist you with more complex questions.

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