A Decade of Excellence:
Staff Council 10 Year Anniversary Celebration
Team Lead: Jeneen Parker Mosley, Vice Chair
Plan a year-long celebration of staff engagement opportunities to acknowledge a decade of excellence and prepare for our future
- Highlight achievements and success
- Pay homage to trailblazers and spotlight past leaders
- Educate on council history, evolution, and service to the community
- Amplify visibility
Institute Strategic Plan Alignment
- Strategic Focus Area: Amplify Impact
- Values: We strive for excellence. We celebrate collaboration. We nurture the well-being of our community.
Culture Survey Alignment
- Institute Area of Opportunity: Rewards and Recognition
Staff Council Transformation
Team Lead: Trisha Sisk, Parlimentarian
Transform Staff Council to serve the staff community better and assist leadership with achieving strategic goals. Re-evaluate focus to engage, advocate, and inform.
- Revise bylaws considering necessary changes for now and future
- Create a "Council of Councils” community with staff advisory councils across the Institute for cross collaboration, partnership, information sharing, and support
- Launch a perception survey to inform our transformation efforts and change management
- Create a framework for water cooler discussions, open forums, and small group department sessions.
Institute Strategic Plan Alignment
Focus Area: Lead by Example
Values: We strive for excellence. We celebrate collaboration. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression. We nuture the well-being of our community.
Culture Survey Alignment
Institute Area of Opportunity: Psychological Safety
Employee Emergency Fund
Team Lead: Kevin Ellis, Treasurer
Create an employee assistance/emergency fund for eligible faculty and staff who experience financial hardship due to unexpected, unforeseen, and unavoidable circumstances.
- Explore 2 options: loan and gift
- Conduct benchmarking of higher education institutions
- Explore modeling Dean Griffin Hip Pocket Fund for students
- Draft eligibility criteria, application process, and operating procedures
- Partner to establish fund management and disbursement
Institute Strategic Plan Alignment
Focus Area: Champion Innovation
Values: We champion innovation. We celebrate collaboration. We nurture the well-being of our community.
Culture Survey Alignment
Institute Area of Opportunity: Well-Being
Employee Career Development Center
Team Lead: Will Jimerson, Chair
Create an Employee Career Development Center that delivers comprehensive, innovative, and inclusive career development programs and services for staff
- Offer continuous learning and professional development opportunities
- Implement succession planning and sustain institutional knowledge
- Improve employee satisfaction
- Amplify existing, new, or aspiring leadership opportunities
- Provide resources to explore and plan a career at Georgia Tech
- Improve employee retention while curtailing the financial impact of significant employee turnover
Institute Strategic Plan Alignment
Focus Area: Expand Access
Values: We thrive on diversity. We champion innovation. We celebrate collaboration. We nurture the well-being of our community.
Working@Tech Initiative: Develop a world-class workforce committed to enhancing employee skills and providing a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment by focusing on knowledge and skill development.
Culture Survey Alignment
Institute Area of Opportunity: Psychological Safety; Rewards and Recognition
Staff Service Milestone Anniversary Recognition Program
Team Lead: Kalah Byrd, Secretary
Develop a continuity plan for Staff Council volunteers to continue to administer the one-year and five-year recognition program until June 2024. Establish a transition plan and proposal for long-term sustainability of the Georgia Tech staff service recognition gift program.
- Propose vendor(s) and identify multiple options to ship
- Consider mechanisms to equitably and fairly acknowledge in-person, hybrid, and remote employees
- Re-evaluate gifts with an increasing scale of acknowledgment/recognition based upon years of service
- Determine financial resource requirements to sustain the program
- Expand the program beyond one-year and five-year only
Institute Strategic Plan Alignment
Focus Area: Cultivate Well-being
Values: WWe champion innovation. We celebrate collaboration. We nurture the well-being of our community.
Culture Survey Alignment
Institute Area of Opportunity: Rewards and Recognition
