Management Development Series Focus Group: Supervisors Who Have Not Attended a Session

Since 2022, the Management Development Committee has offered a series of training sessions designed for employees who supervise but open to all regular employees. As part of assessing this effort, the Management Development Committee is hosting a focus group for supervisors who have not attended any of our past sessions. The goals of the focus group session are to evaluate overall satisfaction, uncover implementation challenges, gather recommendations for future improvements, identify knowledge or skill gaps, and establish ongoing collaboration for series enhancement. This feedback will be used by the Management Development Committee, Deans’ Office, and Library Administration to inform the planning for the offerings being developed for the coming year.  Your perspective is important for us to thoughtfully assess and purposefully improve the program.

Attendees may access the session through Zoom using this information:

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Members of the Management Development Committee will facilitate the session and ask these questions (subject to change based on participant responses and time permitting):

• Look at the sessions that have been offered in the Management Development Series. There are many reasons why colleagues aren’t able to attend sessions – logistics, interest, capacity, etc. Could you please tell us what factored into you not attending a past session?
• Sessions for employees who supervise are currently voluntary and optional.  How do you feel about that approach Is it the right one, or should we think about doing something different? 
• The MDS sessions are often 60 to 90 minutes long and often involve a combination of information delivery and time for comments and questions. What would help you be able to attend future sessions in terms of timing/length of sessions?
• We have made most of our training sessions available online after they take place. If you’ve used this aspect of our series, what was that like?
• Are there other supports you’d like to see in place for employees who supervise aside from things like the MDS?
• Is there anything else you like to share with us about the MDS or about working in a supervisory role in the library?