Working Out: Building Your Confidence Muscle
If you look up the definition of confidence, you’ll see something along the lines of “self-assurance” or a mention of appreciating our own abilities and qualities. Perhaps it seems that should be a given in the library world, considering we are surrounded by...
What Would You Do: Strategies for Dealing with Implicit Bias in the Workplace
How do we, as managers and leaders, foster a healthy, inclusive work environment so all employees can succeed? Individuals with diverse backgrounds are being subjected to subtle and overt bias in the workplace due to the divisive climate in which we live. There isn’t...
What to Expect When You’re Constructing
Considering a renovation project and don’t know where to start? Hoping to suggest a renovation project to library administration or Board? Learn the basics of construction and renovation projects to ensure yours will be a success! Consultant and former Director...
21 Things To Do For Yourself in 2021
Many of us are in the habit of being busy. So busy in fact, that we leave little time for ourselves which can lead us to a less fulfilling life than we had dreamed and believed was possible.A New Year approaching is an opportunity to stop, breathe and reflect on who...
The Power of Words
Want to have more engaging conversations with your peers and patrons? Want to learn the words to avoid because they initiate resistance? This webinar is for you! Words weld extreme power. More so when non-verbal actions can’t offset a miscommunicated vocabulary...
Recognition & Gratitude: Why It Matters to Our Customers, Community and Profession
“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” - William Arthur Ward No doubt about it, this year has been a rollercoaster ride of emotional uncertainty and almost daily wonders of what might happen next with the...
Let’s Make a Mind Map!
You may have heard the term “mind mapping.” But have you ever wondered exactly what it means? Does it mean we are going to study the brain? No 😊 – I don’t think a 90-minute webinar could quite cover that complex organ! However, we are going to unleash our...
Conflict in a Peaceful Workplace
Conflict is inevitable, and can occur in many forms. In essence, conflict can occur anytime two or more people do not agree. This disagreement can lead to frustration which can then develop rapidly into anger and finally, if not handled, can degenerate to aggression...
Know and Go: Password Managers
Have you investigated password managers yet? If not, take some time to see if they could make your life easier! Password managers save your passwords for you, so you don’t have to remember them. You only need to remember one password and that opens the vault. Password...
Revisiting Two Classic Books: Think and Grow Rich and The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill has been called the ""Granddaddy of All Motivational Literature."" It was the first book to boldly ask, ""What makes a winner?"" Originally published in the 1940’s, Think and Grow Rich continues to be one of the most popular books...
Creating a Drama Free Workplace Through Focused Team Development
Whether you are a newly developing group or tight-knit team who has worked together for several years, there is always the potential for unintended and unwanted drama. Even those who prefer not to contribute can be tempted into conversation that can quickly...
Change Your Thinking…Change Your Life. But How?
As the CO-VID 19 crisis has shown us once again, situations appearing to be out of our control have a huge impact on our lives and well-being. And while the crisis may seem to be out of our control, how we handle the circumstances of the crisis is something...
The Basics of Business Grammar You Needed to Know Yesterday
Challenge: Have you ever wondered whether a point of grammar or diction is correct? When should you use I, me, or myself? Is that comma after me in the previous sentence acceptable? What’s the difference between I will work and I will be working? Which is...
Self-Care and Increasing Productivity While Avoiding Burnout
Increasing demands from our public for various library services can create an environment for burnout as a result of heavy workloads. While some stressors are unavoidable, prolonged exposure to stress can cause detachment, pessimism, and a loss of enjoyment...
Building CQ: Understanding Cultural Intelligence
You’ve heard of IQ and EQ, but what about CQ? Cultural Intelligence (CQ) refers to our ability to function effectively across national, ethnic, and even organizational cultural boundaries. Cultural Intelligence involves four interdependent...
The Neuroscience of Making
Making and Makerspaces been growing in popularity in schools and libraries over the last few years. Opportunities for student-driven exploration and tinkering seem intuitively appealing to many teachers and librarians, and it turns out there are very good...
Programming and Modeling: Bringing Entrepreneurs into the Library with LinkedIn
With more than 27 million small business and more than 50 million entrepreneurs in the United States (http://infomory.com/numbers/number-of-entrepreneurs-in-us/) there is a huge opportunity for your library to serve this growing and education hungry population with...
Communicate Smarter and Better
Speaking is one of the first things people learn to do. But learning to speak does not equate learning how to communicate, which can have a serious affect on individual careers and success. Communication is arguably one of the most important business skills, no...
The Difference Between Discussion, Debate and Dialogue and How to Use It to Build Healthy Workplaces
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but there are healthy limits to how far staff (co-workers and bosses) can take their opinions. All too often, we forget to encourage a healthy dialogue and turn the conversation into a debate of one idea or belief versus...
Overcoming the Challenges of Working at Home for the Employee and the Manager
Part 1: How to Stay Productive and Positive When Working RemotelySuddenly, you’re thrown into a work-at-home situation with little preparation or possibly without any. Want to understand how to make working remotely easier, while staying productive? This...