Future-Proof Your Team: Be Ready for Anything

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Does everything just seem to be happening too fast? Are you finding there’s no time between hearing that change is coming and dealing with your team’s frustration once it arrives?

In this new self-paced eCourse, library management expert Cathy Hakala-Ausperk, author of the bestseller Be A Great Boss, will help you and your team survive and thrive through change. Using an electronic edition of her planning workbook Future-Proof Your Team, you’ll be guided through a series of recorded lectures, readings, and exercises. You can work through the five modules of this on-demand course completely at your own pace.

Your work in this course will help you

  • step back and reflect on what’s happening, what’s out of whack, and what you can do to get focused;
  • think about what changes your users really want from libraries, as well as what your team needs from you as a leader;
  • build trust and confidence in the future among the people you supervise;
  • identify simple and effective solutions to current and future problems;
  • finalize your plan by creating lists, sketching out a calendar, and following up with your team; and
  • plan ways to adapt to changes while staying grounded.

About the Instructor

Catherine Hakala-Ausperk is an author, speaker, and trainer with over 35 years’ library experience in everything from direct customer service to library management and administration. She is an Adjunct Instructor at the iSchool at Kent State and also teaches for the American Library Association’s Certified Public Library Administrator (CPLA) Program, The Public Library Association, ALA Continuing Education, the Urban Library Council, InfoPeople, and multiple other organizations.  An active speaker, planner, and trainer in libraries across the country, she is the author of seven books:  Be a Great Boss: One Year to Success (ALA, 2011); Build a Great Team: One Year to Success (ALA, 2013); Renew Yourself: A Six-Step Plan for More Meaningful Work (ALA, 2017); and a unique series of Leadership Planners, including Future-Proof Your Team; Win ‘Em Over; Dynamic Discipline; and Hot Ticket Meetings. Catherine’s passion is for supporting, coaching, and developing great libraries, successful teams, and – especially – strong and effective leaders. You can check out her clients and projects on her website or follow her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/librariesthrive. Catherine’s full resume is available at https://standardresume.co/CatherineHakala-Ausperk.

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