Thursday, October 28, 2021

Dr. Albrecht New Blog "Gang Problems in the Library" | Friday Webinar on "Team Success"

This Friday is another in the series of Dr. Steve Albrecht's webinars, "Team Success: Better Results Through Focused Team Building, Internal Support, Clear Communication, and Conflict Resolution." More information can be found below or online here.

We've also just posted a new Dr. Albrecht blog post in our "Library Service, Safety, & Security" section of Library 2.0"Gang Problems in the Library: A Rare But Challenging Security Concern."

...More likely, gang members will meet at the library because it is perceived as a safe place, or is "neutral territory," a building in between gang neighborhood jurisdictional lines. Most often, gang members see the library as an easy place they can steal from; mark, tag, paint, etch, or scratch their gang name, street nicknames, colors, or monikers into the walls, restrooms, or into materials; sell drugs; recruit new members; or intimidate other kids or adults. Their usual interactions with library staff can range from neutral to polite, to harassing and threatening....

Gangs have infiltrated every state, most cities, and even many small towns. Pay attention to what you see and get help to address it, safely and early.

Read the full post here.

While Dr. Albrecht's twice-monthly podcast and blog posts are available for free, as are our regular mini-conferences and all the conference recordings, we offer a series of his paid webinars and recordings  which are available for individual or group viewing here.

Friday, October 29th:
"Team Success: Better Results Through Focused Team Building, Internal Support, Clear Communication, and Conflict Resolution"
Part of a special Library 2.0 series with Dr. Steve Albrecht

OVERVIEW

A 60-minute training webinar presented by Library 2.0 and hosted by ALA author and library service, safety, and security expert, Dr. Steve Albrecht.

There are four core themes to team success in the library environment:

  • We take care of each other here. Team-building is about focusing on creating and applying the tools and techniques that individual employees and workgroups need to be successful.
  • Our library will not tolerate behaviors from employees, managers, or supervisors that can harm a functioning, productive team, create a hostile work environment, or make it difficult for our co-workers to do their work safely and successfully. Bosses need to step in and initiate solutions when employees or teams are not getting along, using a structured process.
  • We have external service relationships with our patrons and internal service relationships with our co-workers, and both are important and need to be maintained and balanced throughout our workday. However, sometimes the internal service focus doesn’t get much attention until there are problems with our workgroups.
  • Even high-functioning teams need guidance, support, and reminders to help them meet, work, problem-solve, and thrive. The tools from this webinar can help.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

  • Defining our teamwork culture in the library. What makes a successful team?
  • An employee conflict resolution process for managers and supervisors.
  • The four-step process to set team Ground Rules.
  • Using direct, non-personal, immediate feedback, not criticism.
  • Developing a personal behavioral motto.
  • The need for Social Intelligence.
  • Using the P.I.N. tool for more productive meetings (What’s Positive-Interesting-Negative?).
  • Using the Keep/Stop/Start exercise to grow group success.
  • The power of praise.

DATE: Friday, October 29th, 2021, at 4:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time

COST:

  • $99/person - includes any-time access to the recording and the presentation slides and to receive a participation certificate. To arrange group discounts (see below), to submit a purchase order, or for any registration difficulties or questions, email steve@learningrevolution.com.
  • FREE for those on individual or group all-access passes (see below).

TO REGISTER: Click HERE. You will first need to be a member of Library 2.0 (free) and be logged in. Please click "Sign Up" on the top right and we'll approve you quickly. You can pay by PayPal or credit card, and will receive immediate and permanent access to the webinar recording. If you have any trouble registering for a webinar, if you need to be invoiced, or if you have any questions, please email admin@learningrevolution.com.

SPECIAL GROUP RATES (email admin@learningrevolution.com to arrange):

  • Multiple individual log-ins and access from the same organization paid together: $75 each for 3+ registrations, $65 each for 5+ registrations.
  • The ability to show the webinar (live or recorded) to a group located in the same physical location or in the same virtual meeting from one log-in: $299.
  • Large-scale institutional access for viewing with individual login capability: $999.

ALL-ACCESS PASSES:

  • All-access annual passes include access to the recordings of all of Dr. Albrecht's previous Library 2.0 webinars, plus live and recorded access to his new webinars for one year.
  • For a $499 individual all-access annual pass to all of Dr. Albrecht's live webinars and recordings for one year, please click here
  • Inquiries for all-access organizational contracts should be directed to admin@learningrevolution.com.
Recordings Available:


DR. STEVE ALBRECHT

Since 2000, Dr. Steve Albrecht has trained thousands of library employees in 25+ states, live and online, in service, safety, and security. His programs are fast, entertaining, and provide tools that can be put to use immediately in the library workspace with all types of patrons. In 2015, the ALA published his book, Library Security: Better Communication, Safer Facilities. He is currently writing the sequel, The Safe Library: Keeping Staff and Patrons Secure in a Changing World.

Steve holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration (D.B.A.), an M.A. in Security Management, a B.A. in English, and a B.S. in Psychology. He is board-certified in HR, security management, employee coaching, and threat assessment.

He has written 24 books on business, security, and leadership topics. He lives with seven dogs, two cats, and three chickens.

Dr. Albrecht's recent podcasts episodes include "The Power of Staff Meetings,"Are We Making It Too Hard to Hire Qualified Library People?," "Tools and Tips for Library Supervisors: Parts 1 & 2," "Stop Saying Calm Down," Spirit of Service," "Library Civility: A Code for How We Treat Each Other," "The Code of Quality Service," and "The Power of Surveys." You can listen directly on the site or you should also be able to access the podcast in SoundCloud here or in your own podcast app using the RSS feed here Click here to let us know what topics you'd be particularly interested in having us cover in the Library 2.0 webinars, blog posts, and podcast series. 

Dr. Albrecht's other recent blog posts are available here, including: "The 'Best Boss – Worst Boss' Exercise: Assessing Yourself as a Library Leader," "Developing Financial Knowledge and Budget Skills: What Every Library Supervisor Needs to Know," "Puzzled About the Police Response in Your Library? Perhaps a Better Understanding of Their Unique Culture Will Help," "Safety and Security at the Jacksonville (FL) Library" (a 40-minute video interview with Chet Price, the Safety and Security Manager at the Jacksonville (FL) Library), Solving Conflicts Between Library Employees: A Tool For Getting Along When No One Wants to Get Along," "Is There Hidden Bias at Your Library?," "The Hidden Power of the Pages (Our Employees, Not Our Books)," "Forgiveness: How Libraries Can Host Programs on Restorative Practices - An Interview with Azim Khamisa," "Do Your Library Employees Have the “Spirit of Service?,” and "Library Civility: A Code for How We Treat Each Other." 

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