Personal growth & development
WebJunction is committed to the idea of lifelong learning and that it takes many forms. This could be learning that we do to gain work-related knowledge, to develop communication skills, or even improve our personal health and wellness. Explore this topic area to find resources and information to help you cultivate a positive approach to situations in and out of the workplace.
Self-paced courses and webinar recordings on this topic are freely available in the WebJunction Course Catalog.
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Hooray for Healthy Work Habits!
Publish Date: News / 19 November 2013
What is your biggest stressor today?
Grace Under Pressure: Tips and Tricks to Cultivate a Positive Approach
Publish Date: Webinar / 12 November 2013
This webinar explores stress-reduction skills and strategies to help face challenging situations that impact our personal work styles, our organizations, and the communities we serve.
A Happy Hour for Library Staff Learning
Publish Date: News / 30 July 2013
In February 2013, WebJunction hosted a webinar, Self-Directed Achievement: if you give library staff an hour, with Jami Carter and her team from the Tooele City Library in Utah. We have heard from a number of libraries that they have begun to use the...
Self-Directed Achievement: if you give library staff an hour
Publish Date: Webinar / 7 February 2013
This webinar shares how staff at the Tooele City Library implemented a "Self-Directed Achievement" model for staff development.
Running the River of Lifelong Learning
Publish Date: News / 5 February 2013
As libraries transform themselves to meet evolving needs, it is the people who work in libraries who must act as the actual instruments of change. Ideas about training and learning are also evolving. Increasingly, old notions and traditions are chall...
Incubate leadership @ your library
Publish Date: Webinar / 16 October 2012
A webinar exploring ways to incubate leadership within your library organization and in the broader community to support collaborative and continuous learning.
That's Not What I Said!: Foundations of Interpersonal Communication
Publish Date: Webinar / 19 June 2012
Archive and related resources for a webinar presented on June 19, 2012 by Melissa Powell exploring the different learning and communication styles, fears, insecurities and defense mechanisms that define interpersonal communication.
Compassion Lost and Regained
Publish Date: News / 5 June 2012
Compassion is a quality found in abundance in libraries. Many people enter the field spurred by an urge to help others. Library work is not generally included in the roster of “helping professions” along with health care, counseling or teaching. It s...
Understanding Compassion Fatigue in Your Library
Publish Date: Webinar / 31 May 2012
Archive and related resources for a webinar presented on May 31, 2012 by Linda Bruno on compassion fatigue and how it affects you and your working environment.
Finding the Everyday Leader Within
Publish Date: News / 6 April 2012
The word leadership connotes pinnacles of achievement reserved for war heroes, presidents and CEOs, rare heights beyond attainment for most of us. We would hesitate to raise a hand if asked, “are you completely comfortable with calling yourself a lea...
