Bringing Out the Best
Margaret Ann, the Director of Organization and Employee Development in Human Resources, is a woman of tremendous character whose selfless ability to reveal the best in others is truly inspiring. Since first coming to MIT in the mid 1990's, Margaret Ann has conceptualized, designed, proposed, and developed a number of far-reaching programs to support the evolution of excellence in university administration. These include Introduction to Performance Management in 1994, establishment of the MIT Professional Learning Center in 1998, development of the Leader to Leader program in 2002, as well as her ongoing collaboration with the Boston Consortium and her peer group in the IVY+ forums. She is one of those leaders for whom the priority is always unquestionably what is best for the Institute.
A member of any team she's led will attest to her rigorous but not overpowering facilitation, which serves to always make the whole greater than the sum of the parts. Margaret Ann has been especially effective by being herself, by being respectful of people, by being clear about what needs to be done to improve, and by being a person of integrity. She is an unsung hero at MIT, extremely competent in her work and effective in supporting others who seek to be better workers and leaders.
For your model leadership qualities and contributions to the development of leadership at MIT, we are very pleased to present you with this award.