Common Challenges, Simple Strategies: Advice for New and Aspiring Supervisors
Presenters: Debby Bennett, Executive Director, Caroline County Public Library
Dolores Maminski, Associate Director, Frederick County Public Libraris
Anita Crawford, Circulation Suptervisor, Finksburg Branch, Carroll County Public Library
Bryan Hissong, Finksburg Branch Manager, Carroll County Public Library
Program Description
As a new supervisor, the list of talents you are expected to quickly cultivate seems endless-being diplomatic, guiding people through change, motivating a team, staying confident and negotiating politics (office or otherwise). Trial and error is a part of any new job, but you can save yourself a lot of bumps and scrates by talking to people who have been there before. In this highly-interactive session, you will have a chance to ask questions and our paellists will share the strategies they used to overcome common leadership challenges, what they learned along the way and what they'd do differently, if they could do it all over again.
My Summary
Even though I have supervisory experience, I am always looking on ways to improve. I did not find this session helpful at all, and was disappointed. It began with a presentation of how the circulation staff and reference staff have begun cooperating more closely at the Finksburg Library and quickly deteriorated into a gripe session from several members of the audience.
How it fits into the bigger picture
Supervisors at other libraries and library systems have similar, and worse problems than we face at WCFL.
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