Ellen Shafer has had a diverse career involving many facets of talent and organizational development. Prior to starting Canterbury Coaching and Consulting, her professional portfolio included working for an employee assistance program, creating and managing customized training programs and conducting employee assessments for a northeast Ohio community college. Most recently, Ellen served as the manager of the Leadership Development Center at Lorain County Community College.
Ellen is a skilled facilitator with over 30 years of experience in talent and organizational development and in working with people as a trainer, mentor, seminar leader and coach. As a leadership and performance coach she specializes in the areas of performance challenges, transition, people skills, emotional intelligence and leadership.
Session 2
Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 10:00 am From Your Desktop
From Peer to Leader
Congratulations you've been promoted in your library! What an exciting time - until you realize that you are now in charge of your peers. Navigating the potentially rocky terrain of becoming a supervisor to your former peers can be stressful for all involved, but there are ways to ease the transition. Learn how to build a foundation with your co-workers, tips to start in a positive way, and how to strive to be an effective leader for all of your staff. Bring your questions.
Presenter:
Cheryl Kuonen, Director, Mentor Public Library
Session 3
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 10:00 am From Your Desktop
Good Leaders, Bad Decisions
Good decisions do not happen by chance. They are the result of a step-by-step decision-making process that includes understanding the effect of emotional and situational influences. This interactive one-hour webinar will help participants assess their dominant decision-making style and identify factors that can hinder effective decision making.
Learning Objectives:
In this session, you’ll learn specific tips to help you delegate more effectively – not just more – and you’ll also discover why doing so is important to your success as a supervisor.
We’ll uncover some important questions to consider when you finally make that leap to delegating on a consistent basis. We’ll also look at not just whether or not a task should be delegated, but also to whom – and how to make sure the delegation process is successful.
Learning objectives:
Linda Bruno has been developing and conducting training workshops for libraries and other organizations for more than fifteen years. She offers workshops on topics ranging from Leadership Skills to Emotional Intelligence – and lots of areas in between! Linda received her MBA from the University of Florida and has years of experience in hands-on management positions. She develops her workshops based on solid research and – more importantly – real-life application.
Session 6
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 - Location TBA
9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Achieving Leadership Effectiveness: The Power of Influence
Learning Objectives:
So how exactly do you build a sense of culture within your staff that remains strong even when hours become long and frustrations become high?
There is no easy answer. Creating a positive organizational culture requires hard work, introspection and follow-through. This is one area where managers and senior leaders cannot delegate. Culture always starts with the senior executive and key leaders. You have to look in the mirror and be honest with yourself.
Learning Objectives:
The morning's workshop is designed to develop the participants' leadership skills as follows:
To enhance learning and establish a baseline for individual development needs, participants will engage in group leadership activities based on their library’system's leadership competencies.
Presenter:Learning Objectives:
Catherine Monnin has extensive experience in mentoring others in individual and group settings. She has decades of experience as a branch manager as well as extensive experience as an administrator, including Branch Services Director, at Cuyahoga County Public Library. Her strengths include coaching leaders to strengthen emotional intelligence skills to improve performance, effectively influence others, and better contribute to organizational effectiveness. She was twice a mentor at Library Leadership Ohio and served as Board President of CAMLS. She is currently completing work for credentialing with the International Coach Federation.