Gracious Professionalism®

Dr. Woodie Flowers FIRST National Adviser and Pappalardo Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology is the one who came up with Gracious Professionalism.  Gracious Professionalism is having good sportsmanship but also treating everyone like a winner. This builds sportsmanship and also teamwork allowing everyone to function as a team. Gracious Professionalism builds skills that we will use for the rest of our lives to encourage high-quality work, emphasizes the value of others, and respects individuals and the community. All in all Gracious Professionalism is part of pursuing a meaningful life in which we can help our self’s and the community allowing us all to remember that there is no “I” in team. The Girls Of Steel (Team #3504) show great support in helping rookies out by posting advice and also setting up a website for rookies.(http://rookiefirsts.tumblr.com/) This shows a lot of support for other teams so they can hit the ground running.