Building Teams that Work

Wednesday, 5/19/2021
  • 2:00 PM (Eastern)
  • 1:00 PM (Central)
  • 12:00 PM (Mountain)
  • 11:00 AM (Pacific)

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 to reach team consensus, and recognize and celebrate team successes and failures.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this webinar, 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

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 benefir 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

Registration

Cost

 

Fee
(single webinar)

Participant ($USD)
Core Member (individual) 43
Non-member (individual) 59
Groups (Includes a link to share with your group for safe social distancing viewing) 129

Can’t attend the live event? No problem! Register and you will receive a link to the recorded session for later viewing at your convenience.

All webinars are recorded and the one-time fee includes unlimited access to the webinar recording. All registered attendees will receive the link to the recorded session so if you are unable to attend the webinar at the time it is presented, you will have the opportunity to listen to the recording at your convenience.

All registered attendees will receive the link to the recorded session so if you are unable to attend the webinar at the time it is presented, you will have the opportunity to listen to the recording at your convenience.
 

How to Register

Complete the individual webinar online registration form. Sessions are listed by date and you must log in.

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Core Code of Conduct

Please review the Statement of Conduct before registering.
 

Tech Requirements

Computer with Internet access (high-speed connection is best) and media player software. Headphones recommended.

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Credits

none

Contact

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

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