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A BROADER APPROACH TO
TRANSFORMATION AT THE SAMRC

Over the past year, through resilient processes and biostatistical, leadership management and
ongoing vigilance, the SAMRC has continued its emotional/social intelligence skills.
drive toward diversity, inclusion and employment
equity, with pleasing results. We are also investing We are particularly committed to working towards
promoting stronger, flourishing research teams. We
in building capacity for science leadership at the believe that strengths in this regard may also serve
organisation, through holistic approaches that our employees and the organisation as we grapple
include interventions to promote intrapersonal with the upshots of precipitous terminations in
development. Simultaneously, in the context of our international funding for vital health research
expanded approach to Transformation, we have projects, and the likelihood of significantly reduced
initiated a range of interventions to increase self- global research funding in the coming years.
awareness and strengthen resilience and agility, Similarly, these personal strengths will support
while encouraging a commitment to life-long and our efforts to grasp opportunities, and engage
self-directed learning in all our employees. For with challenges, posed by the unfolding fourth
example, we have provided multiple platforms and fifth industrial revolutions, including artificial
for independent learning on a range of scientific, intelligence (AI).

SAMRC approach to transformation

Personal/team/
Diversity Inclusion Equity
institutional flourishing
Focus on increasing Focus on culture Focus on self- • Equity in recruitment
diversity at the & interpersonal awareness, personal • Diversity in workplace
SAMRC relationships empowerment & work • Widespread sense
engagement of inclusion
• Predominantly a Key questions:
quantitative process • Intra-personal & inter- • Individual & individual
aimed at fairness in • Do you feel you have personal development flourishing
recruitment & career a sense of agency at • Building a sense of
progression. the SAMRC? True to our values
meaning & purpose in
• Focus on institutional • If not, why not? the work of the SAMRC • Excellence
policies & processes • Are you engaging • Developing skills to • Pioneering
in a powerful and flourish in times of • Partnership
constructive way? challenge & change: • Integrity
• If not, why not? • Analytical & creative • Citizenship
• What is needed thinking
to support you in • Curiosity & life-long • Respect
doing so? learning
• Pro-silience & agility
• Empathy & active
listening
• Leadership & social
influence

Quantitative, Qualitative,
Universal Personal/Teams, Bespoke

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