Women at Georgia Tech

The Women of Georgia Tech were recently featured in a front-page article by Laura Diamond in the Sunday, November 1, 2001 issue of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.


See the article online: Women students take lead roles at Ga. Tech: ‘Informal sisterhood’ helps build confidence by Laura Diamond

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.

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.

IMPACT Speaker Series for Wednesday, August 26

A Herman Brown Lecture

Join us for this week's IMPACT Speaker Series session!   Wednesday, August 26 4:30 PM LeCraw Auditorium   David W. Murphy President and Chief Executive Officer Better World Books   “For Profit Social Enterprise: Building to Scale and Delivering Triple Bottom Line Results”   David Murphy leads Better World Books, which considers social and environmental responsibility core to its business as an online bookseller.   In addition to donating more than $1.4 million worth of books to promote literacy, the company has provided more than $6.5 million in funding to its nonprofit literacy partners working on four continents. It has also realized more than 9,000 tons of carbon offset through the carbon neutral shipping of books purchased from www.betterworldbooks.com.   Murphy, who holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from Dartmouth College, worked for 23 years in corporate finance, operations, and mergers and acquisitions for firms such as International Paper Company, The First Boston Corporation, and Hutchinson SA.   He has also started several companies and served as CFO, COO, and CEO for both privately held and publicly traded firms in the manufacturing, health care services, and technology sectors.   Murphy serves on the boards of directors for the Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy and Indaba LLC, and he is also an advisory board member for Books for Africa, the Prison Book Program, Globe Funder, and Sprout Learn-n-Grow.   Management major Jordan Garner will introduce Murphy. The IMPACT Speaker Series is sponsored by the Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship and is free and open to the public.   This session will be available as an archived streaming video after the presentation. Visit the IMPACT Speaker Series Website for access information.     Media Sponsor  Webcasting Partner

 

Georgia Institute of Technology College of Management 800 West Peachtree Street NW Atlanta, GA 30308-1149 404.894.2600 http://mgt.gatech.edu

GT Leadership Challenge Course Grand Opening

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Georgia Tech Leadership Challenge Course Grand Opening Please join us for the grand opening of the Leadership Challenge Course! DATE: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 TIME: 3:00-5:00 p.m. LOCATION: Hemphill Avenue & Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332 PARKING: Visitor parking will be available in the State Street Lot and Area 3 Lot on Ferst Drive. Visit Georgia Tech Parking for more information and a map. RSVP: marketing@crc.gatech.edu* www.crc.gatech.edu/lcc *Please indicate if you would like to participate in a hands-on demonstration from 4:00-5:00 p.m. Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Division of Student Affairs 750 FERST DR NW ATLANTA, Georgia 30332 www.crc.gatech.edu

Attend the Georgia Tech Leadership Conference, April 11

Omicron Delta Kappa, partnering with Lambda Sigma, is offering an incredible opportunity to you and the Georgia Tech community! Attend the Georgia Tech Leadership Conference on Saturday, April 11th in the Klaus Building.

The 2009 Georgia Tech Leadership Conference delivers an exceptional roster of speakers, varied and thought-provoking workshops, and great networking opportunities for attendees. Be among the first to hear from Keynote Speaker Dr. George P. "Bud" Peterson, Tech's new President!

Attend the GTLC to:
. Tap into your leadership potential
. Develop practical leadership skills
. Learn from the wisdom and experience of others
. Discover change and how to impact those around you
. Gain inspiration to achieve your personal and professional goals

** Register at www.gtlc.gatech.edu **

The conference is $10 for students and $20 for non-students. Breakfast, lunch, and a FREE portfolio are included. See you there!

The Georgia Tech Leadership Challenge Course

Coming this spring, the Georgia Tech Leadership Challenge Course will be available. The Campus Recreation Center's newest learning tool will give groups (from 8 to 150 people) an adventurous way to experience leadership development and teambuilding.

The GT Leadership Challenge Course will give your class, office, lab group, organization or club hands-on learning tools to improve communication, solve problems more quickly, and develop dedicated leaders.

For more information about the Georgia Tech Leadership Challenge Course or to place a reservation, visit the blog online at www.crc.gatech.edu/blog/llcc.

Georgia Tech Black Leadership Conference (February 20-22, 2009)

This Year's Conference Features: Dr. Cornel West!
The new Leadership for Tomorrow Mentoring Program!
Friday Evening Dinner!
Powerful keynote speakers!
FOUR Open Forums!
Eight brilliant new workshops!
And a Saturday Afternoon Coffee House!

Come talk about how hip-hop saved your life, African-American intellectualism, politics and other thought-provoking ideas as they relate to leadership!

For a schedule and more information visit--www.gtblc.org

Dr. Cornel West is FREE admission to the public on Sunday.
**ONLY REGISTERED conference attendees will be GUARANTEED PRIORITY SEATING!**
Dr. Cornel West is a civil rights activist, scholar, public intellectual, philosopher and pastor

Georgia Tech's 2009 Leadership Forum

Georgia Tech College of Management and TalentQuest will help business leaders do more with less through the 2009 series of The Leadership Forum.

2009 Theme | The Expectation Economy: Doing More with Less

The Leadership Forum, founded by John Horton in 1996, is designed to improve business performance through better thinking. It is committed to providing fresh perspectives, new thinking, and challenging ideas from the world's best business thinkers whose "star is rising".

Speakers scheduled for 2009 include:

• Daniel Burrus, a leading technology forecaster and author (TechnoTrends), who will discuss “Future Business Models: Doing More with Less” on February 10.
• Michael Gelb, author of the bestsellers How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci and Innovate like Edison, who will discuss, “How to Innovate like Thomas Edison” on March 10.
• Dave Ulrich, a leading HR/talent management guru and business professor at the University of Michigan, who will discuss “Leadership Brand: Developing Customer-focused Leaders” on May 19.
• Janelle Barlow, president of the multinational consulting firm TMI US and author of Branded Customer Service: The New Competitive Edge and A Complaint Is a Gift, who will discuss “Branded Customer Service: The New Competitive Edge” on July 21.
• Noel Tichy, a leading authority on leadership development and professor of organizational behavior at the University of Michigan, who will discuss “Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls” (also the title of his book) on September 15.
• Jane Goldner, creator of the Business Operating System Solution for Enterprise Results and author of the forthcoming What’s Under the Hood? A 10-point Check-up for Driving High Performance in Business, who will discuss “Alignment” on November 10.

All sessions are held at Georgia Tech College of Management from 8:30 AM to noon on program days.

For more information and to register, visit the Leadership Forum site or call 404-894-8700.

A Favorite Leadership Quote

This is one of my favorite leadership quotes:

“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”

— Peter Drucker


What is yours?

Georgia Tech Women of Distinction Award Nominations

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2008 Women of Distinction Awards. The nomination form is located here. All nominations are due by 11:59 PM, October 4. If you have any questions about the awards, please contact our Awards Chair, Kristina Self. Please see the awards page for more information.

The Women of Distinction Awards are given to outstanding Georgia Tech women in conjunction with the annual Georgia Tech Women's Leadership Conference and honors women with exemplary leadership abilities.

Nominees are sought for:

Undergraduate Women
Graduate Women
Faculty
Staff Member
Alumna


This year's conference will be held November 7-8, 2008.

Save the Date -- Georgia Tech Women's Leadership Conference

This year's Georgia Tech Women's Leadership conference will take place on November 7-8, 2008. The conference theme is:

"Redefine. Redesign. Dare to Evolve."

For more information go to http://www.gtwlc.com.

Early Bird registration opens September 15 and ends October 10.
This conference is open to all Georgia Tech students, faculty, staff and friends.

Joseph M. Pettit Alumni Distinguished Service and Honorary Alumnus

The Alumni Association is seeking nominations for the Joseph M. Pettit Alumni Distinguished Service and Honorary Alumnus Awards, and would like you to give consideration to the process. The award recipients are honored at the Alumni Association’s annual Gold & White Honors.

Nominations for the Distinguished Service Award are based on an individual’s outstanding support of the Institute and the Alumni Association throughout a lifetime. These nominees have provided strong leadership in their chosen profession and local community. The most recent recipients of this award are Gary Jones, A.J. Land, Roe Stamps and Michael Tennenbaum.

Honorary Alumnus Award nominations are based on an individual’s service to the Institute in an outstanding manner. The most recent recipients of this award are Jeanne Ferst, Joanne LeCraw, Dot Poole, Marilyn Somers and Carolyn Stewart.

If you know of someone who you believe is eligible and deserving of either of these honors, please send his/her name with a brief description of his/her qualifications for the award to Jolie Rosenberg (jolie.rosenberg@alumni.gatech.edu or fax 404.385.3023).

Nominations for the aforementioned awards must be received by August 22.

Nominations for two additional awards are also being accepted: Dean Griffin Community Service and Outstanding Young Alumnus Awards. The nomination form for these two awards can be found on line at gtalumni.org/awards. The deadline for these two awards is October 24.