The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom – Revisited (Part 1-4, 15 Minutes Segments)
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom is a self-help book from 1997 by bestselling author Don Miguel Ruiz. The book takes inspiration from a set of spiritual beliefs held by the ancient Toltec people to help readers transform their lives...
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom – Revisited
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom is a self-help book from 1997 by bestselling author Don Miguel Ruiz. The book takes inspiration from a set of spiritual beliefs held by the ancient Toltec people to help readers transform their lives...
A Guide to Understanding the Body Language of Others
Looking for a better understanding of Body Language? In this program you’ll discover how posture, gestures, facial expression, and feet (yes, feet) play a vital role in the underlying feelings behind a person’s body language. To help you decode the emotions behind the...
Better Libraries and Stronger Communities Through Kindness, Empathy, and Love
Workplaces that emphasize a culture of kindness, empathy and love have lower staff turnover and greater effectiveness. This culture ripples out from individuals to others in the workplace, to patrons and throughout the community. This interactive and informative...
Personnel Skills for Library Managers and Supervisors
This webinar covers these six critical skills every library leader needs to have. Dr. Steve Albrecht will discuss the value of each, using practical definitions, examples, and ways to apply them for library staff members. 1. Safe and Legal Hiring Practices:...
Giving Thanks! Time to Give Yourself a Gratitude Check-Up
How often do you feel thankful for the good things in your life? There are new studies that suggest making a habit of noticing what’s going well in your life could have health benefits.We also know that by just taking the time to feel and express...
Business Writing for Results
Handout Business writing mastery emerges from an attention to quality and efficiency. The most effective writers in any workplace must craft highly focused descriptions, reports, analyses, proposals, and emails in tight timeframes for readers with...
20 Ways to Make Your Workspace More Efficient in 60 Minutes
Did you ever reach for that stapler that suddenly was not there . . . had grown feet and walked away? What about searching for hour for that file you just had in your hand yesterday? In this informative and interactive program, we are going to help you...
Publishing for Tenure and Promotion
Each university has its own requirements for tenure and promotion. However, publishing is a common requirement at most institutions. In this informative program, you will learn about different avenues for publishing including within librarianship and outside of...
The Neuroscience of Story
The famous writer Ursula K. Le Guin once wrote "There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.” Why are stories so important to us? How do they impact our thinking, our families,...
The Success of Failure
Why do we fear failure? In order to succeed, rewrite the notion that failure is a negative outcome. By understanding the benefits of failure, leadership can begin to construct plans for future success. Participants will define what failure means to them and...
Why You Need a Mentor (or Why You Should Be One)
You’ve probably heard that having a mentor can help your career. But how do you even get a mentor? And what do you do with a mentor once you find one? And while you probably have people in your life you consider role models, maybe you don't think you're ready to...
Harnessing the Power of Kindness and Gratitude to Build Relationships at Work and in Your Personal Life
Have you ever wondered why some teams are highly productive, creative, and innovative while other teams with similar levels of talent and experience seem to be stuck in neutral? Science has shown that people who practice gratitude in their lives show an...
Becoming a Better Listener at Work
Communication is more important than ever in our super-speed, high-tech world, yet we seem to devote less and less time to genuinely listening to one another.True listening is often overlooked, even though it is proven to solve problems, resolve conflicts, and...
Writing Effective Email
Have you been on the receiving end of an email with an endless, useless recipient list? Have you struggled through the overlong, cryptic prose and twisted logic of an email only to realize you have received a message whose business does not concern you? Have work...
LinkedIn: Going Beyond the Job Search
You may not be in LinkedIn, thinking it’s only for people looking for a job. But this social media platform is about much more than just careers. As of October 2018, LinkedIn had 590 million registered members in 200 countries, out of which more than 250 Million are...
Efficient Librarian – From Inbox to Done: The Simple Steps to Successful Workflow
Are your inboxes overflowing? Does work spill out onto every available surface? Do you want complete more in less time while making it look effortless? In this webinar, you will learn the best practices for workflow management inspired by internationally recognized...
How to Create a Vision Board to Help You Realize Your Dreams
Visualization is a powerful mind exercise that can help you plan and achieve goals. A vision board, as a tangible representation of what you want to achieve in your life, plays a vital role in this effort.This Webinar provides you with a roadmap to help you to create...
Negotiating Skills: Standing Up for Yourself When Asking for a Raise or Promotion
As helping professionals, librarians often put the needs of others first. But there is always a time and place to stand up for your own personal development and compensation. How do you know when it’s time to ask, and how do you present your case? We’ll dive...
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – A Refresher
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, first published in 1989, is a business and self-help book written by Stephen Covey. Dr. Covey presents an approach to being effective in attaining goals by aligning oneself to what he calls "true north" principles....