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Promoting Empathy & Self-Preservation in the Workplace.
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If you're navigating an active low-morale experience, which of these worries resonate for you?
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
If you're navigating an active low-morale experience, which of these worries resonate for you?
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I'm excited to share that in January, I'm slated to teach my special topics course, "Critical Hope and Self-Preservation in Contemporary Librarianship" at Dominican University's School of Information Studies! Learn more at tinyurl.com/mrxbchz
November 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I'm excited to share that in January, I'm slated to teach my special topics course, "Critical Hope and Self-Preservation in Contemporary Librarianship" at Dominican University's School of Information Studies! Learn more at tinyurl.com/mrxbchz
Here are a few mindsets that haunt #LowMorale workplaces. These entrenched mindsets are even scarier since we see may not immediately see damaging results - only to one day find ourselves among buried plans and goals and petrified and paralyzed employees. Which ones haunt your workplace?
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Here are a few mindsets that haunt #LowMorale workplaces. These entrenched mindsets are even scarier since we see may not immediately see damaging results - only to one day find ourselves among buried plans and goals and petrified and paralyzed employees. Which ones haunt your workplace?
I'm brimming with joy to share that I'll be facilitating the 2026 Virginia Library Leadership Academy (my second cohort)! If you're a Virginia library employee interested in cultivating humane leadership and library workplaces, applications are now open! Learn more: tinyurl.com/3w62629x
October 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I'm brimming with joy to share that I'll be facilitating the 2026 Virginia Library Leadership Academy (my second cohort)! If you're a Virginia library employee interested in cultivating humane leadership and library workplaces, applications are now open! Learn more: tinyurl.com/3w62629x
Renewers, if you're attending the Library Marketing & Communications Conference this year, I'm looking forward to seeing you! Learn more: tinyurl.com/9t8zvxkt
October 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Renewers, if you're attending the Library Marketing & Communications Conference this year, I'm looking forward to seeing you! Learn more: tinyurl.com/9t8zvxkt
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Register today for "Misinformation and Public Libraries" on Wed. Oct. 29th with Deb Hutchison Koep, Devon Greyson, and Leigh Anne Palmer. The spread of false information is a formidable threat - this session will explore how public libraries can approach this growing challenge. tinyurl.com/bclaevent
October 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Register today for "Misinformation and Public Libraries" on Wed. Oct. 29th with Deb Hutchison Koep, Devon Greyson, and Leigh Anne Palmer. The spread of false information is a formidable threat - this session will explore how public libraries can approach this growing challenge. tinyurl.com/bclaevent
Renewers, I'm sharing more signals of #GOTCHA Culture, which interrupts employee success and places workers in lose/lose situations. In this part, we're exploring:
#Confusion (#Chaos)
#Haste
#Apathy
Have you faced any of these in a current or former workplace? tinyurl.com/f8jtkmmy
#Confusion (#Chaos)
#Haste
#Apathy
Have you faced any of these in a current or former workplace? tinyurl.com/f8jtkmmy
October 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Renewers, I'm sharing more signals of #GOTCHA Culture, which interrupts employee success and places workers in lose/lose situations. In this part, we're exploring:
#Confusion (#Chaos)
#Haste
#Apathy
Have you faced any of these in a current or former workplace? tinyurl.com/f8jtkmmy
#Confusion (#Chaos)
#Haste
#Apathy
Have you faced any of these in a current or former workplace? tinyurl.com/f8jtkmmy
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This Wednesday, I'll be in community and connection with colleagues coming to The Renewals Workshop, hosted by OhioNet! It will be an intentional day of reflection, clarification, exploration, and practice. See you there! tinyurl.com/443yd4wx
The Renewals Workshop - Event - OhioNet
Please join our award-winning facilitator, Kaetrena Davis Kendrick, MSLS, as she leads a 6-hour workshop designed to help people and groups recognize, reconcile, and recover from dysfunctional organiz...
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October 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This Wednesday, I'll be in community and connection with colleagues coming to The Renewals Workshop, hosted by OhioNet! It will be an intentional day of reflection, clarification, exploration, and practice. See you there! tinyurl.com/443yd4wx
Get a jump on spooky season & learn how #LowMorale Experiences are deepened by what I call GOTCHA Culture. I've identified six behavioral & cultural signals that interrupt employee success. In Part 1, let's look at:
#Gatekeeping
#Overwork
#Triangulation
Peek in to these BOOs: tinyurl.com/y4ny4d8a
#Gatekeeping
#Overwork
#Triangulation
Peek in to these BOOs: tinyurl.com/y4ny4d8a
September 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Get a jump on spooky season & learn how #LowMorale Experiences are deepened by what I call GOTCHA Culture. I've identified six behavioral & cultural signals that interrupt employee success. In Part 1, let's look at:
#Gatekeeping
#Overwork
#Triangulation
Peek in to these BOOs: tinyurl.com/y4ny4d8a
#Gatekeeping
#Overwork
#Triangulation
Peek in to these BOOs: tinyurl.com/y4ny4d8a
Renewers, have you experienced any of these lose-lose situations during your #LowMorale experience? I'll be defining and exploring what I call #GOTCHA Culture soon. Like if any of these resonate, share with others, and don't forget to save this and follow so you'll know when I've dropped part 1!
September 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Renewers, have you experienced any of these lose-lose situations during your #LowMorale experience? I'll be defining and exploring what I call #GOTCHA Culture soon. Like if any of these resonate, share with others, and don't forget to save this and follow so you'll know when I've dropped part 1!
Renewers, I'm rounding out the year with a few more facilitation and teaching events. I hope to see you so we can learn and practice in community! Learn more and register: tinyurl.com/jhcmayku
September 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Renewers, I'm rounding out the year with a few more facilitation and teaching events. I hope to see you so we can learn and practice in community! Learn more and register: tinyurl.com/jhcmayku
Renewers, I'll be facilitating an on-site Renewals Workshop with OhioNet in October! Learn more and register soon for this community-building and practice event. www.ohionet.org/event/the-re...
The Renewals Workshop - Event - OhioNet
Please join our award-winning facilitator, Kaetrena Davis Kendrick, MSLS, as she leads a 6-hour workshop designed to help people and groups recognize, reconcile, and recover from dysfunctional organiz...
www.ohionet.org
September 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Renewers, I'll be facilitating an on-site Renewals Workshop with OhioNet in October! Learn more and register soon for this community-building and practice event. www.ohionet.org/event/the-re...
Caelin Ross’ reflection on navigating White fragility and confronting/navigating accountability while facilitating in decolonized contexts reveals vulnerability and resonance – and is soundly situated within the realm of Critical Hope practice. Read on: tinyurl.com/z7wbhuc8
September 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Caelin Ross’ reflection on navigating White fragility and confronting/navigating accountability while facilitating in decolonized contexts reveals vulnerability and resonance – and is soundly situated within the realm of Critical Hope practice. Read on: tinyurl.com/z7wbhuc8
If you have flexibility to leave your toxic job & find yourself struggling to solidify your exit plan, check out some common mindsets & affirmations to help you reset. Which one of these is familiar? (my study on leaving toxic libraries includes participant advice on leaving: tinyurl.com/234fd7hj).
August 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
If you have flexibility to leave your toxic job & find yourself struggling to solidify your exit plan, check out some common mindsets & affirmations to help you reset. Which one of these is familiar? (my study on leaving toxic libraries includes participant advice on leaving: tinyurl.com/234fd7hj).
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Registration is open for the Canadian neurodivergent gallery, library, archive & museum workers conference
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It's Free & Online!
Sessions include:
Navigating Environmental Mismatch as a #Neurodiverse Academic #Librarian
Navigating Work Post-Disclosure
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westernuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🍁🧠📚📜
It's Free & Online!
Sessions include:
Navigating Environmental Mismatch as a #Neurodiverse Academic #Librarian
Navigating Work Post-Disclosure
⬇️
westernuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
August 15, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Registration is open for the Canadian neurodivergent gallery, library, archive & museum workers conference
🍁🧠📚📜
It's Free & Online!
Sessions include:
Navigating Environmental Mismatch as a #Neurodiverse Academic #Librarian
Navigating Work Post-Disclosure
⬇️
westernuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🍁🧠📚📜
It's Free & Online!
Sessions include:
Navigating Environmental Mismatch as a #Neurodiverse Academic #Librarian
Navigating Work Post-Disclosure
⬇️
westernuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Music is a proven pathway to help heal & realign us with our sense of meaning and purpose. Here's what I've been listening to this week - & yes, RenewersLIS is now on YouTube! Check out the ReVerb playlist featuring these great artists, & subscribe! tinyurl.com/y6rwwz45
August 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Music is a proven pathway to help heal & realign us with our sense of meaning and purpose. Here's what I've been listening to this week - & yes, RenewersLIS is now on YouTube! Check out the ReVerb playlist featuring these great artists, & subscribe! tinyurl.com/y6rwwz45
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Missing the great people you used to work with at your toxic job is not a signal that you're broken. It's a signal that you're human(e).
August 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Missing the great people you used to work with at your toxic job is not a signal that you're broken. It's a signal that you're human(e).
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Colleagues, our colleague Fobazi Ettarh needs support during and after recovery - head here to learn more: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
August 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Colleagues, our colleague Fobazi Ettarh needs support during and after recovery - head here to learn more: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Hey Renewers, here are some events where I'll be speaking or teaching soon! I hope we'll see each other at any or all of them. Learn more (and get the link to enroll in the new LJ/SLJ course, "Managing Stress & Burnout") at tinyurl.com/meb34kyd
August 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Hey Renewers, here are some events where I'll be speaking or teaching soon! I hope we'll see each other at any or all of them. Learn more (and get the link to enroll in the new LJ/SLJ course, "Managing Stress & Burnout") at tinyurl.com/meb34kyd
Renewers, Here's the last part of my Inaugural Report exploring #MoralInjury during #LowMorale experiences. This part includes deeper narrative insight from participants, with a focus on resulting actions & behaviors, spiritual / sacred practices, & #career outlook: tinyurl.com/mp3tvx92
August 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Renewers, Here's the last part of my Inaugural Report exploring #MoralInjury during #LowMorale experiences. This part includes deeper narrative insight from participants, with a focus on resulting actions & behaviors, spiritual / sacred practices, & #career outlook: tinyurl.com/mp3tvx92
Renewers, if you're grappling with recentering your Whole Life while facing or recovering from workplace harm, try these pathways. They can be applied whether you're place bound in your toxic workplace or if you're clarifying your exit. Save & share for empowerment & #SelfPreservation.
July 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Renewers, if you're grappling with recentering your Whole Life while facing or recovering from workplace harm, try these pathways. They can be applied whether you're place bound in your toxic workplace or if you're clarifying your exit. Save & share for empowerment & #SelfPreservation.
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"One of my favorite questions to ask during an interview is "Describe an experience you had where you think you really made someone’s day after you helped them."
This question gives me a lot of insight into what a person considers a positive interaction. It also tells me a lot about ..."
This question gives me a lot of insight into what a person considers a positive interaction. It also tells me a lot about ..."
Further Questions: What are your favorite questions to ask in interviews?
"most of my questions are used to find out how well they can handle customer service, how interested they are in things other than reading (you know, in case someone wants to know something other than “what’s a good book?”!), and their attention to detail. But my all time favorite that I have asked for 19 years is 'What materials should a juvenile be allowed to check out?'."
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July 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"One of my favorite questions to ask during an interview is "Describe an experience you had where you think you really made someone’s day after you helped them."
This question gives me a lot of insight into what a person considers a positive interaction. It also tells me a lot about ..."
This question gives me a lot of insight into what a person considers a positive interaction. It also tells me a lot about ..."
Renewers, I've started a new project! "Reconstitution & Recovery: Sharing Encouragement During & After Low- Morale Experiences" gives folks a chance to share insight & supportive messages for others facing workplace harm, or who are continuing their recovery. Participate at tinyurl.com/36ehy2ya
Reconstitution & Recovery: Sharing Encouragement During & After Low-Morale Experiences
Are you a library employee who has faced and/or is recovering from workplace harm? Do you have encouragement and insight to share to others who are dealing with or recovering from low-morale experienc...
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July 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Renewers, I've started a new project! "Reconstitution & Recovery: Sharing Encouragement During & After Low- Morale Experiences" gives folks a chance to share insight & supportive messages for others facing workplace harm, or who are continuing their recovery. Participate at tinyurl.com/36ehy2ya
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Hey hi hello! I'm sharing a general reminder that years of experience and/or longevity with an organization does not equal an ability to lead.
July 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Thanks to everyone who attended Renewals' inaugural Reset Experience last month! Here are some attendee takeaways. If you'd like to join the next Reset, head to tinyurl.com/5n6xrwmm and sign up for early notification. #CollectiveCare #Libraries #Librarians
July 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Thanks to everyone who attended Renewals' inaugural Reset Experience last month! Here are some attendee takeaways. If you'd like to join the next Reset, head to tinyurl.com/5n6xrwmm and sign up for early notification. #CollectiveCare #Libraries #Librarians