[Baynet] Infopeople's "Building Leadership Skills: Developing & Leading Projects" workshop

[Linda Rodenspiel]

Since some people who may be interested in attending might not receive this 
notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or 
route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks!


Title:  Building Leadership Skills: Developing and Leading Projects

Dates and locations:

Wednesday, December 6, San Jose Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
Friday, December 15, Fresno Woodward Park Library
Monday, January 22, San Diego County Library Headquarters
Tuesday, January 23, Buena Park Library District
Wednesday, January 24, Pio Pico Koreatown (Los Angeles)
Monday, January 29, San Francisco Public Library
Tuesday, January 30, Sacramento Public Library - Galleria

To register for this workshop:  Use the online registration form at
http://www.infopeople.org/workshop/295


Fee:  There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop.


How is your track record for leading library projects that finish on time, 
under budget, at an agreed-upon level of quality, and with everyone still 
speaking to one another? In this course you will learn how to

--assign the right people to the right project roles,
--communicate sufficient information,
--design and apply appropriate checkpoints and benchmarks,
--set realistic expectations based on time, resources and levels of quality,
--evaluate your library's ability to complete projects successfully, and
--identify what might have to change to improve your project readiness.

You will also learn how to avoid common leadership mistakes that can 
threaten the success of any project. At the end of this course, you will be 
prepared to improve the performance of your project team and lead them 
towards agreeing on goals, meeting deadlines, resolving conflicts, and 
fulfilling your library's mission, vision, and strategic plan.


Workshop Description: This one-day workshop uses written evaluations, 
lecture, small and large group discussions, and case studies, with 
opportunities for you to think, write and discuss your library's projects 
and your role as a leader in running them. A reproducible handout with 
exercises, cheat sheets, and a bibliography will help you share the class 
information with members of your staff and, specifically, with your project 
teams.

Pre-workshop assignment (optional): You are invited to bring documents from 
current projects, including printouts of planning calendars, memos, job 
descriptions, timetables, etc., to evaluate during class.

Preliminary Course Outline

The Organization Map
--Leadership, management, and task roles
----Time as a tool for leading projects
Project leadership skills: risk, influence, vision and character

The Project Planning Model
--Planning to plan
--Transparent governance: Who makes decisions? What decisions do they make? 
How do they make them?
--Creating timelines and checkpoints

Benchmarks for Success
--Descriptive benchmarks: physical evidence and behavior
--Measurable benchmarks: time, money and quality
--Strategic benchmarks: mission and vision

Why Projects Fail
--Project readiness scorecards
--Twelve reasons projects fail
--Your next step

Instructor: Pat Wagner.  Pat and her husband Leif Smith own Pattern 
Research, a 28-year-old training and research business in Denver, Pat has 
worked with all types of libraries for 25 years as a consultant, trainer 
and coach on workplace topics such as personnel, management, leadership, 
career and marketing issues. She has been a frequent visitor to California 
libraries and has presented on behalf of the California State Library and 
the California Library Association. At the national level, Pat has 
presented at ALA, ARMA, SLA, MLA and AALL, and is a LAMA/ALA regional 
institute trainer for project management, influence and conflict management.


Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California library community who needs 
to develop and lead a library workplace project. This is one of the 
workshops in Phase 2 of the Eureka! Leadership Program, and is recommended 
for those who are interested in being considered for the Phase 3 Leadership 
Institute, but is also an open registration workshop that can be taken by 
itself.

Prerequisites: An MLS or at least three years of supervisory experience.

Other Logistics:

*On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM;  instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM.

*Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople 
website at http://infopeople.org/workshop/location  Infopeople does not 
validate or pay for parking.

*Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch.  Since some training 
locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople 
recommends that participants bring a sack lunch.

To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information 
about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople 
Workshops page at http://www.infopeople.org/workshop

If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please 
contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at 
assist at infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685.