{"id":453,"date":"2025-10-22T18:06:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T18:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/culture\/?page_id=453"},"modified":"2026-05-04T15:18:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T15:18:31","slug":"culture-champions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/culture\/unc-health-culture-team\/culture-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: xx-large\">Our champions serve as extensions of the organizational culture &amp; change team.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-463 alignright\" style=\"font-size: xx-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1459\/2025\/10\/CultureChampions_Icon-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1459\/2025\/10\/CultureChampions_Icon-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1459\/2025\/10\/CultureChampions_Icon-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1459\/2025\/10\/CultureChampions_Icon.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Leadership identified <strong>culture champions<\/strong> across UNC Health to serve as extensions of our System organizational culture &amp; change team, promote and lead culture efforts in ways that are authentic and unique to each location and department, and help teammates understand their individual and collective responsibility for cultivating a strong <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/culture\/what-is-culture\/\">organizational culture<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"noSpacingAbove spacingBelow\" data-text-type=\"withSpacing\">We have also identified\u00a0<strong>culture coordinators<\/strong>\u00a0to serve liaisons between the culture team and local culture efforts, lead the development of local culture planning, and share the results.<\/p>\n<p data-text-type=\"withSpacing\">Our champions and coordinators will be\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/culture\/system-values\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-interception=\"off\"><i>Leading the Way<\/i><\/a>\u00a0in modeling and implementing our six organizational\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/culture\/culture-shifts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-interception=\"off\">culture shifts<\/a>\u00a0with teammates across the System.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"font-size: xx-large\">Culture Coordinators:<\/p>\n<div id=\"spPageCanvasContent\">\n<div class=\"SPCanvas\" data-sp-feature-tag=\"CanvasComponent.internal.bdc14887-412d-4bdb-b385-87caee53450b\">\n<div class=\"p_g9q1N_St4iq SPCanvas-canvas\">\n<div class=\"CanvasComponent\">\n<div class=\"r_f9FpK_y298L Canvas grid Canvas--withLayout c_sn9Bu_y298L h_hmnpD_y298L\" 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