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PCI Webinar with Sam Passey Stoplights, Roundabouts, and Leadership: Navigating the Highways and Backroads of Organizational Life & Leadership Online
Some leaders and teams spend their days waiting at stoplights: seeking permission, direction, or perfect clarity before moving forward. Others have learned to build roundabouts instead, creating systems of shared trust and understanding that keep work flowing smoothly.
In this engaging and practical session, we’ll explore the “transportation map” of leadership using metaphors like freeways, speedbumps, dirt
roads, and roundabouts to examine how organizational structures shape
momentum, creativity, and collaboration. Participants will leave with concrete strategies for tearing down unnecessary stoplights and designing “well-functioning roundabouts” that empower teams to navigate safely, efficiently, and with less stress.
Attendees will learn to:
- Identify common “stoplights” that slow progress and decision-making in organizations
- Explore the principles of trust and shared understanding that make
roundabout-style leadership work
- Discover practical tools for creating smoother workflows, clearer communication, and empowered teams
- Reflect on personal leadership habits that either create congestion or enable healthy movement
- Date:
- Wednesday, February 4, 2026
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 3:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Sponsor:
- Southern Maryland Regional Library Association (SMRLA)
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Event URL:
- https://zoom.us/webinar/register/6117617400078/WN_Xlh_vbvRR2CrTBHPZEnNlw#/registration
- Audience:
- Library Staff Library Staff - Public Libraries
- Categories:
- Leadership
Part of PCI Webinars, sessions will be recorded and available on our Maryland Libraries Training Niche Academy archives following the session.
Library staff from Maryland public libraries only. Please register using your Maryland library staff email showing your library system's authenticated domain name. Generic gmail addresses will not have access to the archives.
This project is supported in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act Administered by the Maryland State Library.