Thursday, August 27, 2009

Georgia Tech News: Leadership Development for Faculty, Staff Announced

Atlanta (August 27, 2009) — The Board of Regents has announced a new Executive Leadership Institute (ELI) program for high-potential faculty and staff in senior management positions.


Executive Leadership Institute
The University System of Georgia has created a new Executive Leadership Institute program for faculty and staff in senior management positions.


The program will provide 100 contact hours over 7 months, focused on leadership development. Program segments include: identifying and developing leadership strengths; self-assessment; 360-degree feedback; mentoring; job shadowing; and exposure to peers and leaders across the system.

The program is open to faculty and staff members at or above the level of executive director (or equivalent). Applications are available online and are due no later than 5 p.m., Sept. 8. Applications will be reviewed by a selection committee, and one faculty and one staff member will be selected for participation in the process.

With the exception of travel costs, the Board of Regents will underwrite all program expenses. This is a good opportunity to provide high-level training at low expense for exceptional faculty and staff who can commit the time to the program.

Related Link

University System of Georgia Executive Leadership Institute
http://www.usg.edu/executive_leadership_institute/

The Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the nation's premiere research universities. Ranked seventh among U.S. News & World Report's top public universities, Georgia Tech's more than 18,000 students are enrolled in its Colleges of Architecture, Computing, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Management and Sciences. Tech is among the nation's top producers of women and African-American engineers. The Institute offers research opportunities to both undergraduate and graduate students and is home to more than 100 interdisciplinary units plus the Georgia Tech Research Institute.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

360 degree feedback focuses on subjective areas such as teamwork, character, leadership effectiveness and workforce, 360 degree feedback system.