Webinar: HR Skills for Library Leaders--Tools to Hire, On-Board, and Empower Your Staff

Whether you're a library director supervising a team or a trustee involved in hiring leadership, understanding the evolving landscape of human resources is critical. From recruitment to retirement, library leaders are expected to navigate a wide range of HR responsibilities with professionalism, fairness, and legal awareness.

Join Dr. Steve Albrecht, SHRM-certified human resources consultant, as you navigate practical HR guidelines, new approaches, and best practices--all tailored specifically for libraries. Explore the full spectrum of the employment cycle--from hiring and onboarding to performance management and staff development.

Performing HR functions is one of many in your multifaceted role as library leader, but it touches every part of the employee experience. HR success is achieved when your team chooses to stay, to exceed performance standards, to collaborate effectively, and to serve patrons with empathy, patience, and professionalism. Let's reach for this goal together.
 

In this webinar, you will learn about:

• Structuring a successful employment cycle
• Enhancing your hiring process with legal and ethical insights
• Creating impactful onboarding and orientation programs
• Fostering workplace civility and addressing generational differences
• Coaching staff to improve performance and behavior
• Initiating fair and legal progressive discipline and terminations
• Conducting fair and meaningful performance evaluations
• Supporting professional growth through mentorship and career planning

Don't miss this special opportunity! Live webinar attendees will receive a copy of Steve Albrecht's new book, The Library Leader's Guide to Human Resources: Keeping It Real, Legal, and Ethical (Bloomsbury, April 2025)--compliments of SCKLS. Can't attend live? You are welcome to borrow the guide from our SCKLS professional collection.

Guest presenter Dr. Steve Albrecht has trained thousands of library employees in 28+ states in service, safety, and security since 2000. His programs provide tools that can be put to use immediately in the library workspace with all types of patrons. He is an accomplished author of more than 27 books, including Library Security: Better Communication, Safer Facilities, as well as The Safe Library: Keeping Users, Staff, and Collections Secure, and The Library Leader's Guide to Human Resources: Keeping It Real, Legal, and Ethical. Dr. Albrecht 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 lives in Springfield, Missouri, with six dogs and two cats.

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EVENT NOTES

Registration Details | Not sure you can make it to a live webinar? Register anyway, and we’ll send you a link to the recorded version when it is available. Registration is limited. Deadline for registration is seven days prior to the event. Webinar access information will be emailed to registrants prior to the event.

Recording | When you participate in a SCKLS webinar, a photographic, video or audio recording may occur. If you want your image or voice removed from the webinar recording, you must notify in writing SCKLS Training Specialist Katherine Hughes at least 24 hours in advance of the webinar. Absence of written notification grants SCKLS all rights to the webinar recording for educational purposes.