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SUMMARY:All Work is Team Work
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DTSTAMP:20260415T044800Z
DTSTART:20260508T070000Z
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LOCATION:Virtual Program, Virtual, CA 91106, United States
ROOM: All Work is Team Work
DESCRIPTION:Register hereFour-week course | May 5 - June 1, 2026Do your te
 am meetings feel like a group of individuals who aren't making progre
 ss together?Do you find that too much time is spent talking about why some
 thing happened or looking for blame instead of discussing ways to move for
 ward?Do you feel that team members spend more time protecting their turf t
 han working together?Does "groupthink" instead of constructive c
 onflict dominate your team decision making?Library work involves interacti
 ons with groups of people to get things done, whether interacting with lib
 rary users, participating in a short-term project, or working on a regular
  team. Each team’s dynamics and communication impacts the effectiveness 
 of the shared work. In this online course, you will learn the characterist
 ics of highly effective teams, identify common issues on teams, and strate
 gies for improving team dynamics.We’ll cover topics such as team roles, 
 group dynamics, team agreements, and how to make decisions. You’ll under
 stand the all-too-human reasons it’s challenging to work on a team and w
 ays to navigate those challenges. You’ll leave this course with practica
 l tools for improving team interactions and results.Readings, videos, disc
 ussions, practical examples, and assignments during the course guide you t
 o learn skills, share experiences, ask questions, and apply the concepts n
 eeded to improve the teams you are on.Course Outline: When you log in to t
 he Infopeople online learning site, you will see weekly modules with these
  topics:Week 1: What Is a Team?What makes a teamStages of team development
 Team rolesCharacteristics of effective teams Week 2: Decision Making in T
 eamsHow decisions are madeTying decisions to strategic plansWhat happens w
 hen team members do not agreeTools for decision making Week 3: Finding an
 d Solving Problems in TeamsWhat makes team communication difficultSocial t
 riggersFive dysfunctions of a teamHow to communicate difficult information
  Week 4: Tools for Creating High Performing TeamsTeam agreementsSkills fo
 r making a team effectiveRoles for high performing teamsTeam chartersTime 
 Required: To complete this course, you can expect to spend 2½ hours per w
 eek, for a total of ten course hours. Each week's module contains rea
 dings and various options for assignments, discussions, interviews, and on
 line meetings. You can choose the options most relevant to your work and i
 nterests. Although you can work on each module at your own pace, at any ho
 ur of the day or night, it is recommended that you complete each week&#039
 ;s work within that week to stay in sync with other learners.Who Should Ta
 ke This Course: Library staff in all types of libraries who work with othe
 rs on teams and want to improve their personal and team performance.Librar
 y Support Staff Certification (LSSC): This course in combination with &quo
 t;Communication is More Than Words" is approved as covering the Commu
 nication and Teamwork competency for the American Library Association&#039
 ;s LSSC program(link is external). Both courses must be taken to meet the 
 competency set.Presenter:Sharon Morris, Infopeople Instructor since 2022, 
 has offered library professional development throughout the U.S. for over 
 25 years, including in-person and online webinars, workshops, conference p
 resentations, and institutes. She is a core instructor for the Research In
 stitute for Public Libraries, has co-created leadership institutes in Arka
 nsas, California, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas as well as for the Associa
 tion of Rural and Small Libraries and Mountain and Plains Library Associat
 ion.She holds a Master’s in Library and Information Science and a Ph.D. 
 in Managerial Leadership in Libraries. Dr. Morris' professional devel
 opment covers a wide spectrum of topics, including organizational developm
 ent, leadership, interpersonal communications, and library service excelle
 nce. She shares research in ways that help people to relate and apply find
 ings in their daily work in libraries.Training Provider: InfopeopleTrack: 
 Teamwork
URL:https://events.callacademy.org/event/all-work-team-work-13096
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