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

Thu Sep 25 11:00:37 PDT 2008

This workshop continues the series of leadership skills-building workshops
that are part of the Eureka! Leadership Program. This is an open
registration workshop. You may register for this workshop without taking any
other workshops in the series. If you are interested in learning more about
the Eureka! Leadership Program, please go to
http://eurekaleadership.org/index.html. 

Since some people who may be interested in participating 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:

Monday, December 1, San Francisco Public Library

Tuesday, December 2, South Natomas Library Sacramento

Thursday, December 4, Buena Park Library District

Wednesday, December 10, Woodward Park Library Fresno

Friday, December 12, San Jose, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library

Tuesday, December 16, San Diego County Library Headquarters

Wednesday, December 17, Los Angeles Public Library

To register for this workshop:  Use the online registration form at

http://infopeople.org/workshop/395

Fee: There is a $75 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 project fail 
*	Your next step 

Instructor:  Pat Wagner.  Pat is an educator, writer, consultant and trainer
and is known for her practical and good-humored approaches to library
issues. She has worked for libraries since 1978, focusing on leadership,
management and personnel issues as well as strategic planning, project
management and trend analysis. Pat presents at state and national
conferences and is an LAMA/ALA regional institute trainer; she also
contributes to library publications. Her archived free online programs for
libraries can be viewed at http://www.sirsidynixinstitute.com/archive.php.
Pat also is a subject matter expert and library relations associate for the
University of North Texas LE at D (Lifelong Education at Desktop) program.

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. 

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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
Web site at 

http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions.  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://infopeople.org/WS/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. 

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