Leadership Development: What The Research Tells Us with Anne Marie Madziak

Leadership and Innovation Web Conference Tuesday, November 24, 2009 2:00 pm ET One Hour Price: $109.95 Much has been made in recent years of the leadership deficit facing libraries and the need to build the profession’s capacity to develop strong library leaders.  While most of us are at least vaguely aware of the demographics of the profession and the exodus of librarians due to retirement, we have done very little to groom the next generation of library leaders.  While the Canadian Library Association advocates a coordinated leadership strategy, we also need to address leadership locally in our libraries.  This session draws on research that illuminates the conditions that help people reach their leadership potential. Who Should Participate: Library managers in a position to recruit and develop the next generation of library leaders. The Key Benefits For Participants: By the end of the session participants will be:   aware of relevant research, with a list of suggested readings familiar with the organizational conditions that facilitate leadership development equipped with a range of strategies for leadership development. Key Topics to be Explored: the shift from traditional leader development to 21st century leadership development the importance of experiential learning the value of a framework for measuring progress a sampling of participant experiences in the APLL Institute, a 2 year certificate program in leadership development, introduced by Southern Ontario Library Service in 2008.   About the Presenter... Anne Marie Madziak is a library development consultant with Southern Ontario Library Service.  In her work with public libraries she has trained on a wide range of topics, facilitated planning sessions and assisted libraries with a variety of service reviews.  She authored the SOLS publication, Creating the Future You've Imagined: A Guide to Essential Planning.  More recently, Anne Marie coordinates the Advancing Public Library Leadership (APLL) Institute, a certificate program that combines the flexibility of on-line learning with highly interactive classroom sessions.  She also teaches a leadership course in the MLIS program at the University of Western Ontario.