Please note: this webinar has been rescheduled to Wednesday, May 19, 2021

*Cross posted to multiple lists*

Core webinar: Building Teams that Work

Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 Rescheduled Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2021

All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 pm Central, and 2 pm Eastern time.

 

Description: How can we ensure our teams are successful, effective, purposeful and resilient? How can we encourage trust and engagement in our team interactions? In this session, participants will be asked to broadly consider how they define teams within their libraries and will be introduced to the factors that make teams successful, strong, effective and resilient. Participants will learn how to support trust and vulnerability among team members, communicate effectively and reach team consensus, and recognize and celebrate team successes and failures.

Learning outcomes: 

At the end of this webinar, the attendees will be able to:

• Identify the characteristics of successful teams.

• Articulate the positive impacts of a strengths-focused approach to managing teams and collaborations.

• Apply communication, consensus and recognition strategies to support effective team engagement

Who should attend?  

This presentation is appropriate for librarians and information professionals at all career stages. While especially applicable for those leading teams, staff, projects, committees or other collaborations, professionals at any level of responsibility can benefit from this material.

Presenter:

Jami Yazdani started her library career in circulation roles before earning her MLIS, and has been a reference librarian, technology librarian, library manager and library director. Over her career, she has effectively built teams, managed change, and developed staff. Jami is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with a proven track record of leading diverse and collaborative project teams, and she excels at facilitating consensus and keeping (even reluctant) teams on track. After more than 15 years in libraries, she founded Yazdani Consulting and Facilitation to help leaders at all levels solve management problems, achieve project success, and amplify the strengths of their team.

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Registration Fees:  Core Member $43; Non-member $59; Group rate $129; Student $0

For additional information and access to registration links, please go to the following website: 

http://www.ala.org/core/building-teams-work

Core webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording shortly following the live event.

For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling 1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration@ala.org

For all other questions or comments related to the webinars, please contact freuland@ala.org

Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.