Online/Virtual Event
Tuesday, November 19th from 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Among the many styles and theories of management, using a people-centered approach can provide many benefits for your library team. According to Workramp, “People-centric leadership means taking an empathetic, compassionate approach to managing team members. People-centric leaders are invested in their employees, both in their professional success, and in their overall well-being.” This approach can create a thriving work-place where employees feel valued, which leads to greater team morale, longer retention, better collaboration and teamwork, as well as increased creativity, productivity, and meaningful communication. This webinar will introduce the concept of a people-centered approach to management, how it compares to other management styles, and how leaders and managers can successfully incorporate aspects of this style into their library.
Participants will learn:
- The meaning of people-centered leadership and the theories behind it
- The benefits as well as possible challenges to a people-centered style of leadership
- What makes a people-centered leader
- Specific ways to incorporate the elements of people-centered leadership into the workplace
- Resources and tools for becoming a more people-centered manager or leader
About our presenter:
Rhonda Evans is the Director of the LuEsther T. Mertz Library at the New York Botanical Garden, one of the largest and most comprehensive botanical libraries in the world. Rhonda joined NYBG from the New York Public Library where she held various roles over eight years. For most of her tenure at NYPL she was the Assistant Chief Librarian at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rhonda has written for multiple library publications, including Libraries: Culture, History, and Society, Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, and the anthology The Black Librarian in America: Reflections, Resistance, and Reawakening. Rhonda is very active within the museum and library professions. She was the former Co-Chair of the History Committee for the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, Rhonda has served as the Chair of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Intellectual Freedom Round Table, was an ALA presidential appointee to the Intellectual Freedom Committee, she recently worked with Lincoln Center on the Legacies of San Juan Hill Project, and currently serves on the board of the Museums Council of New York City. Rhonda has also taught in the MLIS program at Pratt Institute. Prior to entering the library profession, Rhonda was a practicing attorney in New York.