We achieve inclusive excellence by valuing the varied ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives of our people.
The Inclusive Excellence Unit (IEU) facilitates the attainment and sustainment of the capacity for exceptional talent and innovation.
The IEU works collaboratively across different functional areas to support inclusive excellence that drives innovation. Innovation flourishes in organizations where people experience a sense of belonging and being valued, included, and treated with all aspects central to human dignity. This calls for a community of faculty researchers, staff, interns, and student employees with a vast range of thoughts, backgrounds, viewpoints, and lived experiences working together to serve the community, state, and nation.
The Inclusive Excellence Unit Mission: Cultivate a sustainable culture of inclusion at GTRI where people and innovation flourish through:
The Inclusive Excellence Unit Vision: A felt sense of belonging, by every person, where excellence thrives
Contact the IEU at [email protected] or visit the tabs below for more information.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) "offer employees an opportunity to network, address shared issues and concerns, and receive support from similarly situated individuals.
ERGs at GTRI drive opportunities for employee engagement, professional development, education and training, recruitment, retention, and community outreach. Our ERGs provide resources that encourage connection and advocacy across the Institute. ERGs at GTRI serve as employee-led internal communities, providing personal connections for cohesive groups to assist the Institute in removing barriers. GTRI employees create and define our Employee Resource Groups.
We invite all GTRI employees to join an ERG that they identify with or want to support and their sponsored programs and events are open to everyone.