<div dir="ltr"><div>May be of interest to library leaders!</div><div><br></div><div>Free Jan. 22 webinar at 2pm Eastern based on the book <i>The Prepared Leader: Emerge from Any Crisis More Resilient Than Before </i>from Ross School of Business's Center for Positive Organizations.<div><br></div><div>This Zoom event is open to the public; you'll receive a Zoom link moments after completing registration.</div><div><br></div><div>(Note: I'm familiar with the speakers' book but I'm not associated with this event -- please direct questions to <a href="mailto:cpo-events@umich.edu">cpo-events@umich.edu</a>.)</div><div><br></div><div>Kristin</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div>************</div><div><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.2em;line-height:1.5;font-family:adelle,"Roboto Slab",serif;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(120,120,120)">The next crisis might be here now, or it might be around the corner. In no other time in recent history have leaders in every industry and on every continent grappled with so many changes that have independently and simultaneously undermined their ability to lead.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.2em;line-height:1.5;font-family:adelle,"Roboto Slab",serif;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(120,120,120)">Join Erika H. James and Lynn Perry Wooten for a virtual fireside chat with Gretchen Spreitzer where they bring decades of world-renowned research on crisis leadership, diversity and inclusion, management strategy, and positive leadership to the table to help leaders better prepare themselves to lead through crises―and for whatever lies around the corner. They’ll discuss tools and frameworks from their book, <em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://jamesandwooten.com/the-prepared-leader/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,177,176);text-decoration-line:none;outline:0px">The Prepared Leader: Emerge from Any Crisis More Resilient Than Before</a></em>, for addressing and learning from crises so you can navigate through the distinct challenges of today and tomorrow. James and Wooten forcefully argue that the time to prepare is always.<br></p><hr style="border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,177,176);border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;height:0px;width:15px;margin:5px 0px 10px;color:rgb(120,120,120);font-family:adelle,"Roboto Slab",serif;font-size:10px"><h5 style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.6em;line-height:20px;font-family:adelle,"Roboto Slab",serif;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,177,176)">Positive Links Speaker Series Sponsors</h5><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.2em;line-height:1.5;font-family:adelle,"Roboto Slab",serif;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(120,120,120)">The Center for Positive Organizations thanks <a href="http://michiganross.umich.edu/sanger" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,177,176);text-decoration-line:none;outline:0px">Sanger Leadership Center</a>, <a href="http://www.tauber.umich.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,177,176);text-decoration-line:none;outline:0px">Tauber Institute for Global Operations</a>, and <a href="http://zli.umich.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,177,176);text-decoration-line:none;outline:0px">Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies</a> for their support of the 2023-24 Positive Links Speaker Series.</p><hr style="border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,177,176);border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;height:0px;width:15px;margin:5px 0px 10px;color:rgb(120,120,120);font-family:adelle,"Roboto Slab",serif;font-size:10px"><h5 style="margin:0px 0px 10px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