Climbing the Leadership Ladder: What You Need to Know Before Starting and How to Decide Where to Stop

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What are your leadership aspirations? Come learn how your work changes when you move into management, how to effectively navigate the transition, and tips for determining both if management is the best path for you and where to stop on the ladder.

This webinar is part of the "Best of National Institute," a series of professional development presentations that happened at 2024's National Institute and were highly rated by attendees. From National Institute attendees:

  • "One of the top two programs I attended!"
  • "The practical discussion on how management changes the work you do, how to cope, and the soul searching? This was my favorite session!"

Learning Objectives

Participants will:

  • understand the changes to anticipate when leaving a frontline staff position for a management role.
  • learn ten (10) strategies for a successful transition to management.
  • learn practical assessment appraoches to use when considering new management opportunities.

Presenters

Mary Fellows has managed a youth services department, a small library and a staff of 60. She intentionally moved back from administration to youth services and now works with the youth services staffs of 29 independent public libraries, guiding, training and championing. Mary is a former ALSC President.

Lisa Mulvenna has over 20 years of presenting highly energetic story times and early literacy programming. As a manager, she now works with staff to develop new services, programs and outreach for ages 0-18 and their families. Lisa was the recipient of the 2012 Pletz Award for Youth Services, given by the Michigan Library Association.

Uma Nori has 15 years experience working in a suburban library that is well loved by its community and has a busy Youth Services department serving birth through fourth grade. As a department head, she creates staff schedules, manages the budget, plans and oes highly energetic early literacy story time programs and events. She is the previous co-chair of the ALSC Managing Children's Services Committee and is on the 2024 Scott O'Dell Award Committee. 

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