BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CiviCRM//NONSGML CiviEvent iCal//EN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260505T190000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:CiviCRM_EventID_1173_a7e517b5bc5c4d3f1ebcd1cec06e7727@infopeople.org SUMMARY:All Work is Team Work X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n

Do your team meetings feel like a group of individuals who aren'\;t making progr ess together?
Do you find that too muc h time is spent talking about why something happen ed or looking for blame instead of discussing ways to move forward?
Do you feel that tea m members spend more time protecting their turf th an working together?
Does "\;group think"\; instead of constructive conflict domi nate your team decision making?

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Library work involves interactions with groups of people to get things done\, whether interacting with library users\, participating in a short-ter m project\, or working on a regular team. Each tea m&rsquo\;s dynamics and communication impacts the effectiveness of the shared work. In this online c ourse\, you will learn the characteristics of high ly effective teams\, identify common issues on tea ms\, and strategies for improving team dynamics.\n \n

We&rsquo\;ll cover topics such as team roles\, group dynamics\, team agreements\, and how to make decisions. You&rsquo\;ll understand the a ll-too-human reasons it&rsquo\;s challenging to wo rk on a team and ways to navigate those challenges . You&rsquo\;ll leave this course with practical t ools for improving team interactions and results.< /p>\n \n \n

Course Descrip tion: Readings\, videos\, discussions\, practical examples\, and assignments during the co urse guide you to learn skills\, share experiences \, ask questions\, and apply the concepts needed t o improve the teams you are on.

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Course Outline: When you log in to the Infopeople online learning site\, you will see we ekly modules with these topics:

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Week 1: What Is a Team?

What makes a team
Stages of team development
Team roles
Characteristics of effective teams
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W eek 2: Decision Making in Teams\n
- How decisions are made
- Tying d ecisions to strategic plans
- What happ ens when team members do not agree
- To ols for decision making
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Week 3: Finding and Solving Problems in Teams\n
- What makes team communication difficult
- Social triggers
- Five dysfunctions of a team
- How to communicate difficu lt information
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Week 4: Tools for Creating Hi gh Performing Teams\n
- Team agreements
- Skills for making a team e ffective
- Roles for high performing te ams
- Team charters
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Time Required: To complete this course\, you can expect to spe nd 2½\; hours per week\, for a total of ten course hours. Each week'\;s module contains rea dings and various options for assignments\, discus sions\, interviews\, and online meetings. You can choose the options most relevant to your work and interests. Although you can work on each module at your own pace\, at any hour of the day or night\, it is recommended that you complete each week' \;s work within that week to stay in sync with oth er learners.

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Who Should Take T his Course: Library staff in all types o f libraries who work with others on teams and want to improve their personal and team performance.\n \n
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Library Support Staff Certific ation (LSSC): This course in combination with "\;Communication is More Than Words"\ ; is approved as covering the Communication and Te amwork competency for the American Library Associa tion'\;s LSS C program. Both courses must be taken to meet the competency set.
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Do you work in a rural or tribal library? If so\, you may be eli gible for a course fee waiver for this course. Thi s Infopeople course has up to five no-cost seats a llocated for rural or tribal libraries. Fill out a fee waiver re quest\, and if a no-cost seat is available you will be notified via email.
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Keyword s: Communication and interpersonal skills DESCRIPTION:\n \n Do your team meetings feel like a group of individuals who aren't making progress together?\n Do you find that too much time is spent talking about why something happened or looking for blame instead of discussing ways to move forward?\n Do you feel that team members spend more time protect ing their turf than working together?\n Does "gro upthink" instead of constructive conflict dominate your team decision making?\n \n \n Library work i nvolves interactions with groups of people to get things done\, whether interacting with library use rs\, participating in a short-term project\, or wo rking on a regular team. Each team’s dynamics and communication impacts the effectiveness of the sha red work. In this online course\, you will learn t he characteristics of highly effective teams\, ide ntify common issues on teams\, and strategies for improving team dynamics.\n \n \n \n We’ll cover to pics such as team roles\, group dynamics\, team ag reements\, and how to make decisions. You’ll under stand the all-too-human reasons it’s challenging t o work on a team and ways to navigate those challe nges. You’ll leave this course with practical tool s for improving team interactions and results.\n \ n \n \n \n Course Description: Readings\, videos\ , discussions\, practical examples\, and assignmen ts during the course guide you to learn skills\, s hare experiences\, ask questions\, and apply the c oncepts needed to improve the teams you are on.\n \n \n \n Course Outline: When you log in to the I nfopeople online learning site\, you will see week ly modules with these topics:\n \n \n \n \n Week 1: What Is a Team?\n \n \n What makes a team\n Stages of team development\n Team roles\n Ch aracteristics of effective teams\n \n \n \n \ n Week 2: Decision Making in Teams\n \n How de cisions are made\n Tying decisions to strategic plans\n What happens when team members do not ag ree\n Tools for decision making\n \n \n \n \n Week 3: Finding and Solving Problems in Teams\ n \n What makes team communication difficult\n Social triggers\n Five dysfunctions of a team\ n How to communicate difficult information\n \n \n \n \n Week 4: Tools for Creating High Per forming Teams\n \n Team agreements\n Skills f or making a team effective\n Roles for high perf orming teams\n Team charters\n \n \n \n \n Tim e Required: To complete this course\, you can exp ect to spend 2½ hours per week\, for a total of te n course hours. Each week's module contains readin gs and various options for assignments\, discussio ns\, interviews\, and online meetings. You can cho ose the options most relevant to your work and int erests. Although you can work on each module at yo ur own pace\, at any hour of the day or night\, it is recommended that you complete each week's work within that week to stay in sync with other learn ers.\n \n \n \n Who Should Take This Course: Libr ary staff in all types of libraries who work with others on teams and want to improve their personal and team performance.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC): This course in combination with "Communication is More Than Words" is approved as covering the Communica tion and Teamwork competency for the American Libr ary Association's LSSC program (http://ala-apa.org /lssc/). Both courses must be taken to meet the co mpetency set.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Do y ou work in a rural or tribal library? If so\, you may be eligible for a course fee waiver for this c ourse. This Infopeople course has up to five no-co st seats allocated for rural or tribal libraries. Fill out a fee waiver request (https://tally.so/r/ 3jePo4)\, and if a no-cost seat is available you w ill be notified via email.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Keywords: Communication and interpersonal skills\ n \n CATEGORIES:Online Course CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260505T120000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260505T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260601T163000 URL:https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=1173 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR