Some things in the office are hard. You have options.

Some things in the office are hard. You have options.

Sonya Schryer Norris Sonya Schryer Norris

Sonya Schryer Norris

Founder, Plum Librarian LLC

发布日期: 2024年11月11日
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You can disagree with someone more powerful than you and still show respect for them, their position, and their ideas. That conversation can be a hard one. You have a great resource to turn to. You have yourself and you can learn new skills.


The Harvard Business Review has a wonderful video about how to talk to your boss, or ?even your boss’s boss. Check it out here.

Sonya Schryer Norris

Sonya wearing glasses and a flower crown posed near a card catalog.
Sonya Schryer Norris

I engage regularly with audiences in person and online. Appearances include the Public Library Association, CORE, Niche Academy, RAILS, Computers in Libraries, California Libraries Learn, PCI Webinars, and the Library of Virginia.

Read more about Plum Librarian LLC here.


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