Leadership Exploration: Relationship Building Certificate
Interested in pursuing possible leadership roles in the future? Building effective relationships and leadership vision is crucial to success.
During this one academic year Leadership Exploration certificate program through the Office of Faculty Professional Development, you will develop knowledge and engage in reflection and personal planning to build effective relationships, whether you have an official leadership title or not.
How does it work? Attend six of the eight one-hour virtual workshops during the academic year, and complete the worksheets for each. Each monthly workshop is held twice for scheduling convenience.
| Fall 2025 Workshops (Virtual) | Spring 2026 Workshops (Virtual) |
| September 8 @ 3pm or September 9 @ 12pm: Relationship Building for Leaders | January: Building Trust in Leadership Relationships |
| October 13 @ 3pm or October 14 @ 12pm: Emotional Intelligence for Leaders | February: Managing Up and Down |
| November 3 @ 3pm or October 4 at 12pm: Leading from the Middle | March: Engaging in Difficult Conversations |
| December 1 @ 3pm or 4 @ 12pm: Leading for Introverts | April: Articulating your Leadership Relationship Style |
To finalize the certificate process at the end of the academic year, choose one of two paths:
- During a one-on-one coaching session with Dr. Rebecca Pope-Ruark, Director of the Office of Faculty Professional Development, share the completed worksheets and discuss your plans for moving forward with this new awareness. Once you have completed the workshops and coaching session, you will earn a certificate that can be reported in your annual review under the Professional Development requirement.
Drawing on the completed worksheets, draft a reflection narrative that explores your development and understanding of yourself as a potential leader over the course of the workshops. What big questions did you begin to answer? What stood out to you or what self-awareness did you gain? How would you like to continue your professional development in the future, and what is your plan to do so? Once you submit the completed worksheets and reflection to Rebecca Pope-Ruark in one combined PDF file via email, you will earn a certificate that can be reported in your annual review under the Professional Development requirement.
Registration form for Fall 2025 workshops is here. You do NOT have to complete a certificate to register for the workshops.
Career Well-Being Certificate
Cultivating Well-Being is a pillar of the Georgia Tech strategic plan. How do we do that?
Taking care of yourself through intentional practices and activities as well as sustaining conversations around the career health and well-being of colleagues is important to the future of faculty work. During this one academic year Career Well-Being certificate program through the Office of Faculty Professional Development, you will develop skills to manage your career and well-being and to take a leadership role in larger conversations on these topics at the institution.
How does it work? Attend six of the eight one-hour workshops during the academic year, and complete the worksheets for each.
| Fall 2025 Workshops (Virtual) | Spring 2026 Workshops (Virtual) |
| September 22 @ 3pm or 23 @ 12pm: Defining values and purpose | January: Overcoming imposter syndrome |
| October 27 @ 3pm or 28 @ 12pm: Setting boundaries and saying no strategically | February: Developing career resilience |
| November 17 @ 3pm or 20 @ 12pm: Managing workload effectively | March: Becoming a self-advocate |
| December 2 @ 3pm or 3 @ 1pm: Crafting work-life fulfillment | April: Mitigating burnout |
To complete the certificate at the end of the academic year, choose one of two paths:
- During a one-on-one coaching session with Dr. Rebecca Pope-Ruark, Director of the Office of Faculty Professional Development, share the completed worksheets and discuss your plans for moving forward with this new awareness. Once you have completed the workshops and coaching session, you will earn a certificate that can be reported in your annual review under the Professional Development requirement.
- Drawing on the completed worksheets, draft a reflection narrative that explores your development and understanding of yourself as a potential leader over the course of the workshops. What big questions did you begin to answer? What stood out to you or what self-awareness did you gain? How would you like to continue your professional development in the future, and what is your plan to do so? Once you submit the completed worksheets and reflection to Rebecca Pope-Ruark in one combined PDF file via email, you will earn a certificate that can be reported in your annual review under the Professional Development requirement.
Registration form for Fall 2025 workshops is here. You do NOT have to complete a certificate to register for the workshops.