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Tech has a particular responsibility to develop graduates
who are visionary and principled leaders as well as
highly skilled professionals. Because of the strong
and continuing impact of technology on all our lives,
our nation must rely increasingly on technologically
sophisticated individuals who are equipped and prepared
to lead and work with people with a wide variety of
educational backgrounds. Such leaders must be prepared
to use their technological skills for the common good,
not simply for personal gain.
Georgia Tech is committed to giving every student many
opportunities to enhance their leadership skills before
they graduate. Recently, employers of Georgia Tech graduates
told Georgia Tech that although Tech graduates have
top abilities technically, they lack the social aspect
needed to relay their work to others.
Leadership skills are gained through many different
experiences or avenues. Some students choose to get
involved in a student organization, some students learn
leadership through an on-campus job, other students
learn leadership through their co-op job or internship
and still others learn leadership through their classes
and projects assigned by their professors. Regardless
of the avenue a student takes in experiencing leadership,
Georgia Tech feels that any student can gain leadership
experience during their Tech career and strives to offer
many different leadership opportunities for the diverse
student population.
Georgia Tech has identified
six components of leadership for our students:
Self Awareness
The process of exploring who we are and what we
are becoming
Communication Skills
The ability to say and write what we mean, simply
and powerfully
Service Orientation
The habit of working for others
Teamwork in Diverse Groups
Skills to accomplish common goals through working
with others from a variety of experiences
Ethics and Integrity
A commitment to think carefully about the public
good and one’s own values when we act
Vision
A sense of the future and its possibilities
For more information on leadership @ Tech:
www.leadership.gatech.edu
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