Effective Team Dynamics at GT

We create opportunities for the Georgia Tech community to reshape team experiences by asking three key questions: Who am I? How do I team? How do we team?

The Georgia Tech Effective Team Dynamics Initiative (ETD) is building interdependent teams who work effectively through team challenges to obtain outcomes that are above those reached by individuals working independently. We equip faculty with skills to teach graduate and undergraduate students to work effectively in teams. The program has expanded to a campus-wide initiative that includes over 50

00 students and 1000 faculty/staff that have been trained during the past three years. The initiative includes an undergraduate curriculum that is integrated into core courses where students are working in teams to complete some of the course requirements. We have demonstrated the curriculum in the BS MSE and BS ME degree programs and have started to implement it in all degree programs at Georgia Tech through first-year seminar and ENGL 1102. The curriculum is based on Team Science Literature, CliftonStrengths research, and our own research. We help students focus on what is right with them, instead of what is wrong with them and teach them to appreciate the diversity of their teammates. The Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Teams modules have been developed and deployed in settings that include a full-day workshop, 50 minute sessions integrated into courses where students are working in teams, and in graduate level professional development courses. In the Campus Recreation Department professional staff, student managers and student workers have changed the way that they work together. They have integrated a strengths-based language in their team meetings, trainings, and annual review process. The annual review process now focuses on how employees are deploying their strengths to reach departmental goals and objectives as well as work successfully on a team together. Other departments at Georgia Tech are integrating the strengths language and effective team dynamics activities. Gallup research has shown that employees and students who focus on their strengths are 6 times more likely to be engaged. A strengths-based approach at Georgia Tech will increase engagement and improve health and well-being by enhancing communication, fostering positive interactions, and focusing on what is right with our community. We have seen a change in the way people talk about themselves and their coworkers over the past three years. We create opportunities to reshape teaming experiences by having the Georgia Institute of Technology community ask themselves three key questions: Who am I?

11/15/2024

Excited to see the results of DeMarco Williams great project management!

Georgia Tech Reboots the Boot Camp Rooted in its vision to provide quality, accessible educational opportunities that align with the changing needs across one's lifetime, Georgia Tech is launching a new intensive credential for today’s modern workforce.

07/03/2024

Excited that Episode 4 of The Whole Elephant is available: https://open.spotify.com/episode/09twj2xCwMHbEZTucJpMIB?si=9c3a4e392c85491b It features Dr. Lorett Swank and Dr. Kyriaki Kalaitzidou talking about what they do at GT, their teams, and how they have used the Effective Team Dynamics at GT Initiative!

The Whole Elephant Episode 4 Listen to this episode from The Whole Elephant: An Effective Team Dynamics Podcast on Spotify. In this episode, Dr. Lee Hibbard sits down with two guests: Dr. Kyriaki Kalaitzidou, Associate Chair for Faculty Development in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, and Dr. Lorett Swank, Executiv...

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06/23/2024

Workshop at ASEE with our collaborators at U WISC Madison and Imperial College London!

Transforming Engineering Education With ETD: A Conversation With Dr. Jill Fennell

05/06/2024

This is one of my collaborators. We will present our work at the ASEE conference in Portland, OR in July. She has done some amazing things in the Mechancial Engineering curriculum at GT. Check out this article about where she is interviewed about her work:

Transforming Engineering Education With ETD: A Conversation With Dr. Jill Fennell Transforming Engineering Education With ETD: A Conversation With Dr. Jill Fennell April 24, 2024 by Brianna Anderson Leave a Comment By Brianna Anderson Engineering innovations rarely happen in a vacuum. Professionals often work in teams to solve complex problems and share their ideas. However, many...

04/25/2024

ETD can help teach engineers the collaboration skills necessary for innovation and success. Dr. Jill Fennell of the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering recently sat down with us to discuss her work with the Effective Team Dynamics Initiative and share her insights on the importance of collaboration skills in engineering education.

04/18/2024

Zoom link for Mary C. Boyce Symposium

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04/18/2024

Excited to be celebrating my thesis advisor through a research symposium at UPenn and gala at the Franklin Institute where she will receive the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Mechanical Engineering! School of Materials Science & Engineering at Georgia Tech

04/08/2024

Episode 3 of The Whole Elephant is out now! In this episode, Dr. Lee Hibbard sits down with Dr. Warren Goetz, Director of the Digital Learning Team at Georgia Tech.

You can hear it here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0mozKdLSWt9yKJ7PsFk7DE?si=6e2a85d92e8047a2

04/04/2024

Congratulations to Dr. Mary Lynn Realff, winner of the 2024 Ben C. Sparks medal. The award was established in 1990 in memory of Ben C. Sparks, a devoted member of ASME and a dedicated teacher of mechanical engineering technology and mechanical engineering. It was endowed by student section contributions and contributions from industry, the engineering education community and groups within the Society.

Candidate(s) must have a record of accomplishment over an extended period of time; play a major role in fostering new, innovative applications and approaches to the teaching of mechanical engineering and/or engineering technology; or effectively inspire promising systemic change that would enhance the readiness of graduates to begin engineering practice in industry.

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