As we head into winter break, it’s time to reflect on our accomplishments for 2025 and reset our intentions for 2026. We are officially in the midst of performance evaluation season. Encourage your team to complete self-assessments and share their accomplishments in advance of annual evaluations.  

As a leader, it's also a good time to revisit your own accomplishments. Have you been working to improve the well-being and engagement on your team? We have details below to help you navigate this season with ease. 

Click here to register for the upcoming People Leader Forum, Tuesday, Dec. 9, at 11 a.m. December's forum will help you prepare for annual performance evaluations. Remember, you can always view previous forum recordings or past months' PLN newsletters on the People Leader website. 

In this month’s newsletter: 

Self-Assessment Info Sessions 

Georgia Tech Human Resources (GTHR) will host four, 30-minute Performance Management @Tech info sessions, to demonstrate the tool and answer questions. Click the meeting links below for details and add one of the sessions to your calendar. 

Performance Management @Tech Self-Assessment info sessions will take place: 

Volunteer for Midnight Breakfast 

It's time again for the cherished end-of-semester Midnight Breakfast, and Student and Campus Event Centers and Tech Dining need your help to make it a success. The event brings students together for a late-night celebration filled with comfort food, relaxation activities, and community support.

Volunteering is a fun and rewarding way to support our students as they head into finals. Click the button to sign up.

When: Monday, Dec. 8 | 9 p.m. - midnight 
Where: John Lewis Student Center 

Schedule a Financial Checkup

Schedule a financial checkup with Michael Beuttel, our dedicated Corebridge Financial Advisor. Michael can help you navigate your retirement plan accounts and explore your options.

To schedule a meeting, click the button below.   

Performance Management @Tech supports the Institute’s goal of supporting staff development and performance. It also supports our ability to leverage performance during the reward phase of the performance management process. 

Note: Academic faculty, research faculty, academic professionals, or post-doc fellows are annually reviewed by the appropriate designee. They are not required to use the forms or processes that are designated for classified employees. Student employees, retired but working (RBW), affiliates, and faculty, GTRI, GTAA and EI2 staff are not required to use the Performance @Tech module. 

Did you know Gallup Q12 Engagement survey results are available to supervisors who completed the survey in October 2024? If you have more than four direct reports and would like to review or revisit those results, take a look at the article below for a refresher! Whether you have data or not, the Gallup Q12 engagement framework still provides actionable insights for supervisors and the Institute’s learning and development team can help you learn more and implement best practices.

We've entered the final weeks of 2025, so it’s imperative that employees verify that their tax details are up to date in OneUSG Connect. Remind your team members and confirm your own tax details and update out-of-date information to ensure your tax documents are delivered where and when you need them. 

Verify your tax details today and encourage your teams to do the same. Click the button below to learn how to confirm your information is accurate or update your information, if necessary. 

The 2026 Spring Biannual Compliance Training will launch Wednesday, Feb. 4, and conclude Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. To help prepare for a successful campaign, supervisors should ensure that all inactive direct reports are properly terminated.

Instructions on submitting a termination request for an employee in OneUSG Connect can be found here (note that only people leaders with direct reports have access to the link). 

It’s been a year full of shifts and uncertainty, but as always, our people have stepped up to the challenge. As we look ahead to a holiday break before 2026, Georgia Tech Human Resources wishes everyone at Tech a healthy, happy, season full of friends, family, reflection, and rest.  

If you want to get into the “healthy holidays” theme before the break, take the 12-day well-being challenge (through Tuesday, Dec. 19). Each day of the challenge offers a simple activity to help you recharge, reflect, and reconnect. The 12 activities can be completed in any order. Activity topics include:  

To take the challenge, click the button below, and don’t forget to submit your challenge form to be entered to win a wellness prize. You can also view University System of Georgia healthy holiday tips here.