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Barbara M. Robinson is a management consultant, with an MLS from the Simmons School of Library Science. She is the principal of Robinson & Associates, a management consulting firm specializing in strategic planning and organization redesign. She works with both individuals, and teams and offers a variety of services, including coaching, executive search, transition and succession planning, as well as meeting facilitation.
She is a certified mediator and is also certified to administer the Birkman assessment, a powerful tool designed to help individuals and teams clarify how to be most productive by understanding their strengths and their needs. Over the years, many of her clients have been special libraries in trade and professional associations, as well as in the public and private sector. She is a member of SLA and has trained many of her fellow members on strategic budgeting and reference triage, two workshops she has offered at annual SLA conferences over the years
Description
Using the SLA personal competencies as a point of departure, this seminar delves into the concepts of “strengths,” “needs,” “needs under stress,” and “interests” of information professionals (IPs). The focus is on IPs who manage others as well as those IPs who work in teams and have direct responsibility for doing the substantive work.
The challenge for managers is to develop and grow their staff to achieve a fit with their parent organization. For the individual staff members, the challenge is to be productive and fulfilled in their jobs. Learn how to take stock of your strengths, needs, and interests, and those of your staff and to consider how the strengths, needs, and corporate culture of both the special library and/or the parent organization match up with your own profile.
The seminar draws on tools and concepts from management consulting, organization development, and industrial psychology. Examples come from special library environments and other relevant organizational settings.
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Replay**
Member $145 Non Member $195 |
**Replay - Through the latest in web-conferencing technology, SLA can now offer a replay of the audio and video of the seminar exactly as it occurred live. Purchase of a Replay includes a link to the session and a PDF of the handout.
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You will have 30 days unlimited usage. Access will begin upon receipt of materials.
You will be able to see and hear the seminar, including the questions and answers, just as those who participated in the live event. You will also be able to start, stop, and re-wind the presentation.
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