Best of Core Forum: Only Managers in the Building: Everything You Wish You Knew Before Becoming a Manager

Description: You're a manager! Now what? Transitioning from staff member to management, even as an assistant, can be tough. Now you have to make decisions, learn to say no, set policy, create culture, and find a way to create work-life balance for yourself and your staff. It's overwhelming. Don't just survive your first few years of management--find ways to thrive. Come for a candid panel discussion of three managers ranging from Supervisor to Deputy Director where they discuss the transition to management, their struggles, failures, and successes. This session will provide a candid peek behind the curtain of the struggles of being a manager both as a new manager, and throughout management. We'll discuss strategies that have helped us manage the transition, how we work with our staff, and lessons we've learned from experience. There will be plenty of time for audience questions.

This webinar was previously presented in-person as a session at the 2024 Core Forum. We are hosting this webinar, with the session adapted and presented live as a virtual event, to extend its reach.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

• identify and start the mindset and responsibility shift that must take place in order to be a successful manager;
• compare and contrast management styles and strategies for success; and

• utilize a variety of strategies to develop their own management skills while also developing their staff.

Who Should Attend: Leadership and management professionals.

Presenters:

Heather Love Beverley (she/her) is the Assistant Manager of Youth Services at Cook Memorial Public Library District in Illinois. She was a 2019 Mover & Shaker and an ALA Emerging Leader in 2012.

Cyndi Hamann (she/her) is the Collection Development Manager at Cook Memorial Public Library District in Illinois. She has worked at 2 other suburban Chicago libraries in teen services and collection development. She was a 2019 ALA Emerging Leader.

Molly Scheibler (she/her) is the Deputy Director of the Schaumburg Township District Library in Illinois. Molly has worked at five different Illinois public libraries working her way from Circulation Specialist to Deputy Director. Molly teaches at UW-Milwaukee as an adjunct professor for their MLIS program.