Polished & Prepared Part 2

AFTER YOU ATTEND THIS COURSE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO:

• Understand and interpret your role’s expectations and responsibilities.
• Understand appropriate workplace behavior and manage your reactions accordingly.
• Build trust with your colleagues and leaders.
• Collaborate effectively with different personalities and perspectives.
• Work through conflict professionally.

Session 1 | 2:00–2:50 pm ET

Expectations Unlocked: Understanding Workplace Success

What does success really look like at work? How can you tell what is expected of you beyond your job description? This session will discuss how to interpret, clarify, and demonstrate workplace expectations day to day. You’ll learn what professional behavior means in practice, how workplace etiquette supports strong relationships, and why accountability matters for individual and team success. Leave with practical strategies to build trust as a reliable, effective library professional – skills that will set you up for career-long success.

Break | 2:50–3:00 pm ET

Session 2 | 3:00–4:00 pm ET

Being a Great Team Player: Collaboration and Workplace Success

How do you collaborate effectively with different personalities and perspectives? What happens when teammates disagree or conflict arises? This session will explore what it means to be a strong team player in today’s library environments. You’ll learn strategies for productive collaboration, communicating with colleagues who hold differing opinions, and working through conflict with professionalism. The session will also address setting healthy boundaries to support respect and balance. Leave with practical tools to contribute confidently, navigate challenges, and strengthen team success across roles and responsibilities.

Christina Fuller-Gregory, Assistant Director of Libraries, South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, Greenville

Christina Fuller-Gregory (she/her/hers) is a librarian, writer, and facilitator whose sphere of expertise centers equity, belonging, and radical empathy. A 2021 Library Journal Mover and Shaker, Christina’s work is driven by a desire to see libraries develop strategies for becoming brave and resilient organizations.

WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE

This course is recommended for new library workers, regardless of library type.

THIS WILL BE A LIVE WEBINAR

This course will be delivered as a live webinar. You will have access to the recorded webinar and all course materials for six months after the conclusion of the webinar.

EXPECTED TIME COMMITMENT

Complete the course and earn 2 professional development credit hours. A certificate of completion will be emailed to you after you complete the course.

ON-DEMAND ACCESS

You will have access to all course materials for six months after the course start date.

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

Complete the course and earn 2 professional development credit hours. We provide a certificate that is emailed to you.

ACCESSIBILITY

All video recordings feature auto captioning. Please email course-support@libraryjournal.com upon registration if you require any special accommodations. We will make our best efforts to support your needs.

SUPPORT

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GROUP RATES

We offer discounts for groups of 3 or more.

For larger groups of 15 or more, we offer the option to apply group rates across multiple courses to receive significant discounts. For more information, select “Bulk Course Credits Packages” in the form below.

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