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About Library Management Skills Institute 1: The Manager

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Originally designed over 40 years ago on a solid foundation of tried-and-true management principles and guided by best practices in libraries, DJA has infused the LMSI 1 with a wide range of new voices and modern theory that brings the workshop to our present context.

Our newest iteration is re-imagined to empower busy learners in a virtual environment.

Course Design

The Library Management Skills Institute 1: The Manager (LMSI 1) is our most requested institute. This workshop is considered the seminal management development experience across the library community. This course is for both individuals & organizations. It will teach you to:

Develop

Develop your skills as a facilitative leader who prioritizes well-being and margin

Examine

Examine situations with cultural competence, emotional intelligence, and appreciative inquiry

Recognize

your own and others’ behavioral preferences and customize your approaches

Navigate

interdependent power structures and share power with your colleagues

Clarify

Clarify your participatory decision-making strategies

Tap

Tap into your colleagues’ motivation and use key tools to help them solve problems

Build

Build your facilitation skillsfor inclusive meetings

Give

Give feedback using time-tested techniques to minimize resistance

Glowing Reviews from Participants!

"The modules/practical applications are challenging and make you apply the concepts to your own life and professional context. I am appreciative of DJA's non-judgmental approach and openness with difficult content."

"This course was full of actionable information about effecting cultural change in an organization (and beyond) for all levels. The pacing was good, the mix of media - videos, text, images, and downloadable exercises - helped with staying engaged. I’m excited about the takeaways to keep the work going."

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Topics Covered

Learn to build clear performance expectations through meeting design strategy and inclusive facilitation approaches, explore participatory decision-making strategies, and practice giving feedback to minimize resistance and build commitment.  This course is foundational for all library managers. 

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  • Session 1:
    • Navigating your changing role as manager
    • Using cultural competence, emotional intelligence, neuroscience, and self-awareness to support your colleagues and have productive discussions.
  • Session 2:
    • A deep dive into your own behavioral preferences and how you show up in the workplace
    • Strategy, structure, culture, and the role of power and influence in our work
  • Session 3:
    • Strategies for participatory decision making and building clarity around decision making process
    • A method for helping your colleagues solve their own problems while you provide support
    • Models to tap into your colleagues’ own motivation based on principles of good job design and factors of motivation
  • Session 4:
    • Solid meeting design strategies, templates, and facilitation approaches
    • Giving and receiving effective feedback
    • A tried-and-true coaching model to build clear performance expectations.

Join the thousands of other inclusive leaders and managers who are investing in great organizations.

Until the Winter Cohort Begins on January 13