AAHSL/NNLM Professional Coaching for Aspiring Mid-Level Managers: Pilot Program

Please join the AAHSL Future Leadership Committee in congratulating the following individuals accepted into the AAHSL/NNLM Professional Coaching for Aspiring Mid-Level Managers: Pilot Program. This program runs through March 2025. 

 

Accepted Applicant NNLM Region
Roy E. Brown, Research & Education Librarian
Virginia Commonwealth University Health Sciences Library, Richmond, VA		 1
Sandra Desjardins, Research and Education Librarian
Texas Medical Center Library, Houston, TX		 3
Susanna Galbraith, Virtual Services Librarian
McMaster University Health Sciences Library, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada		 N/A
Pamela Hargwood, Librarian II/Clinical Librarian
Robert Wood Johnson Library of the Health Sciences
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ		 1
Larissa Krayer, Digital Archivist
McGoogan Library of Medicine
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE		 3
Emme Lopez, Assistant University Librarian
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX		 3
David Petersen, Senior Research & Learning Services Librarian & Assessment Coordinator
University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, TN		 2
Gregg Stevens, Manager, Library Education & Clinical Services
Lamar Soutter Library
University of Massachusetts Chan School of Medicine, Worcester, MA		 7
Cecelia Vetter, Medical Education & Student Engagement Librarian
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Ruth Lilly Medical Library, Indianapolis, IN		 6

 

Through this developmental coaching program, participants will be able to engage in six one-hour virtual, one-on-one, confidential coaching sessions with a certified coach. Each participant will complete a tailored development assessment instrument based on their learning goals. Instrument options include: DiSC, Myers-Briggs, EQi-2.0 (Emotional Intelligence Quotient), Clifton Strengths, or the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI). The assessments are to help participants learn more about themselves and their leadership skills and identify areas for growth.

Additionally, participants are encouraged to join in five 90-minute peer coaching group sessions. The peer coaching sessions are intended to build leadership skills in real time including active listening, accurately defining problems, coaching, systems thinking, giving and receiving feedback, and more. These group sessions will help develop a strong network among the participants and address isolation and limiting beliefs through learning about colleagues’ real-time challenges.

All coaching sessions are confidential. Information exchanged between participants and coaches will not be shared with the AAHSL Future Leadership Committee. 

After an RFP was released and submissions were reviewed and evaluated, the work for the coaching pilot was awarded to Culture Cultivation. The program is supported by funding from Region 1 of the Network of the National Library of Medicine.