Monday Registration Deadline for Winter Institute Advanced Learning Sessions

Monday, December 7, is the last day for owners and managers to register for Winter Institute 2016’’s Advanced Learning Education sessions.

The four sessions are:

• Human Resources Essentials for Bookstores. Dr. John Sherlock, director of the Master of Science Program in Human Resources at Western Carolina University, will present an overview and best practices for small businesses on the topics of recruiting, judging staff performance, and what owners and managers need to know about the law.
   
• Advanced Topics in Human Resources. Dr. John Sherlock will lead a group workshop to help booksellers think about the link between their business strategy and human resources. Booksellers should review their current and future business objectives before attending.
   
• The Open-Book Management Method and the Bookstore. Panelists Bradley Graham of Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C.; Carole Horne of Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Peter Schertz of Maria’s Bookshop in Durango, Colorado, will discuss the various ways that open-book management has helped them to empower employees, establish a better working environment, and build a cohesive team.
   
• Effective Leadership for the Retail Setting. Ed O’Malley, president and CEO of the Kansas Leadership Center, and Matt Jordan, Business Development officer, Kansas Leadership Center, will facilitate a conversation and workshop exercise to help owners and managers embrace their leadership positions. Participants will learn and practice a set of skills that helps transform the way they exercise leadership in their stores and communities and will be introduced to a mindset and approach that will help them make progress on daunting challenges as well as gain tools they can introduce to their employees.

As many stores as possible will be accommodated with at least one ALE placement, but space for each session is limited.

More information about the sessions is available here, and the registration form is available here.