Employee Career Development Center
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
Employee Emergency Fund
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
Staff Council Transformation
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
