Seven Themes for a High-Performing Team:
Leading Library Employees for Mutual Success
A Library 2.0 Service, Safety, and Security Webinar with Dr. Steve Albrecht
OVERVIEW:
Leading your library staff to new goals and small and large accomplishments takes time and effort, on everyone’s part.
Perhaps a metaphor from the Old West can help illustrate this:
Some people will always help to pull the wagon; some people will only sit in the wagon and wait to be pulled; other people - who don’t like change - try to prevent the wagon from moving; others won’t pull the wagon when the going gets hard and it’s heading uphill; and still others only want to ride in the wagon if it’s coasting downhill.
Dave Kline teaches leadership, and one of his tools involves seven key themes, with three critical elements for each one. For team success, he speaks of the need for Clarity, Capability, Culture, Communication, Collaboration, Commitment, and Coaching. This session will look at how to understand his model and apply it to the people who work with and for you in the library space.
LEARNING AGENDA:
- Review Dave Kline’s seven-point “Foundational Management Checklist.”
- Convert abstract leadership, management, and supervisory principals to concrete actions steps.
- Use Kline’s model to assess your individual departments and overall library team. Create goals, roles, processes, and deadlines to encourage growth, movement, responsibility, and accountability.
DATE: Thursday, March 12, 2026, 2:00 - 3:00 pm US - Eastern Time
COST:
- $99/person - includes live attendance and any-time access to the recording and the presentation slides and receiving a participation certificate.
- To arrange group discounts (see below), to submit a purchase order, or for any registration difficulties or questions, email admin@library20.com.
TO REGISTER:
Use the payment box above to register and pay. You can pay by credit card. You will receive an email within a day with information on how to attend the webinar live and how you can access the permanent webinar recording. If you are paying for someone else to attend, you'll be prompted to send an email to admin@library20.com with the name and email address of the actual attendee.
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SPECIAL GROUP RATES (email admin@library20.com to arrange):
- Multiple individual log-ins and access from the same organization paid together: $75 each for 3+ registrations, $65 each for 5+ registrations. Unlimited and non-expiring access for those log-ins.
- The ability to show the webinar (live or recorded) to a group located in the same physical location or in the same virtual meeting from one log-in: $299.
- Large-scale institutional access for viewing with individual login capability: $499 (hosted either at Library 2.0 or in Niche Academy). Unlimited and non-expiring access for those log-ins.
Since 2000, Dr. Steve Albrecht has trained tens of thousands of library employees in 28+ states, live and online, in service, safety, security, and leadership. His programs for both staff and library leaders are fast, entertaining, and provide tools that can be put to use immediately in the library workspace. His books include:
The Library Leader’s Guide to Employee Coaching: Building a Performance Culture One Meeting at a Time (in-press, Bloomsbury, 2026)
The Library Leader’s Guide to Human Resources: Keeping it Real, Legal, and Ethical (Rowman & Littlefield, 2025)
The Safe Library: Keeping Users, Staff, and Collections Secure (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023)
Library Security: Better Communication, Safer Facilities (ALA, 2015)
Steve holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration (D.B.A.), an M.A. in Security Management, a B.S. in Psychology, and a B.A. in English. He is board-certified in HR, security management, employee coaching, and threat assessment. He has written 28 books on business, security, and leadership. He provides a loving home for four rescue dogs.
More on The Safe Library at thesafelibrary.com. Follow on X (Twitter) at @thesafelibrary and on YouTube @thesafelibrary. Dr. Albrecht's professional website is drstevealbrecht.com.
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