[Eril-l] Best of Core at ALA Annual Conference: The Marvelous Middle: Finding ways to Grow and Thrive in Middle Management

Wed Aug 9 05:00:00 PDT 2023

*Cross posted to multiple lists*

Best of Core at ALA Annual Conference: The Marvelous Middle: Finding ways
to Grow and Thrive in Middle Management

Date: Wednesday, August 30, 2023

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

Description:

Do you ever feel stuck in the middle? You might have manager in your title,
but it has assistant before it, and often you can’t actually make
decisions. Many people dread middle management. Instead of just surviving
being a middle manager learn how to grow, thrive, and spread influence in
your role. Come for a candid discussion with three middle managers while
they discuss their roles, their struggles, and strategies they use to
develop staff and gain influence in their organization.

Our panel features three middle managers with different titles,
responsibilities, experience and time on the job. We will discuss ways we
have worked to improve our own organizations as well as other opportunities
we created as middle managers.

Learning outcomes:

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

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   Compare and contrast different middle management styles and their
   effectiveness in different organizations.
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   Identify and create opportunities to develop their own management skills
   in their current position.
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   Able to utilize a variety of strategies to develop the skills and
   abilities of their own staff while also developing their own management
   skills.

Who should attend?

Library workers considering management roles and current middle managers.
Management and director-level library workers may also find this session
helpful and engaging in learning how to better support middle managers they
supervise.

Presenters:

Cyndi Hamann is the newest middle manager on our panel, she was promoted to
Collection Supervisor in 2020. She was an Emerging Leader in 2019. She also
provides perspective from a technical services background on how management
can look different in that department. She co-leads the Supervisor and
Manager planning/training team at Arlington Heights Memorial Library.

Heather Love Beverley has been an assistant youth manager for 10+ years and
was named an Emerging Leader in 2012 and a Mover & Shaker in 2019. In her
time as Assistant Manager, she has assisted her department in navigating
multiple leadership structural changes, a major library renovation,
strategic plans, and a pandemic.

Molly D. Scheibler is the Deputy Director of Schaumburg Township District
Library. Previously, she was the Assistant Youth Manager and then Youth
Manager at another library. During her time as an assistant manager she
created a successful regional networking group of assistant managers,
called the AM’s. The group focuses on helping to develop middle managers
and often averaged 30 plus attendees.

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Registration fees for webinar:  Core Member $57.67; ALA member: $71.10;
Non-member $79.00

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

https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=970

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 at ala.org.

For all other questions or comments related to Core webinars, please
contact Core CE staff at corece at ala.org.

*Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.*

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