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Chillin’
No new posts this week. We are taking some much needed time away in beautiful Door County Wisconsin. See you next week.
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Work–and a “Life.” We Should be Able to Have Both
If your work is important to you, and you work hard, it can be hard to find a work/life balance. But it can be done.
Posted in Burnout, Leadership, Management
Tagged Balance, Work-Life Balance
The Rules Apply
There are certain rules that do apply to all leaders, even if they might think the rules don’t apply to them. They do.
Posted in Leadership
Tagged Leadership
Everybody Makes Mistakes
We all, employees and managers alike, make mistakes. But when employees do make mistakes, it is the manager’s job to help correct them.
Posted in Change, Employees, Management, Performance Reviews, Supervision, Training
Tagged Correction, Employees, Errors, Mistakes, Supervision
Still Working on It
There are so many aspects of being a good leader, and I am still working on most of them myself.
Posted in Leadership, Management, Middle Management, Supervision
Tagged Humiliation, Humility
96 Years
Last week close friends and family gathered to help my mom celebrate her 96th birthday. I’ll get back to blogging about libraries and management soon. But this event is worth taking a little break.
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Library Photo of the Month–June 2017
Today we travel to Spring Green, a quaint little village in Sauk County, Wisconsin.
Helping Hands
Libraries are here to do so many things. One of them, as I’ve told you before, is to help, not only those looking for information, but those in need.
Information is Powerful
In libraries, we care about information. We oppose efforts to limit, or censor access, to information. But sometimes we struggle with what to do about bad information, or misinformation. You might even think of this kind of thing as “fake … Continue reading
Posted in Censorship, Information Services, Policies
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That’s Why It’s Called SOCIAL Media
For the most part, libraries aren’t “selling” things, but we do strive to promote ourselves, what we offer, and our value to the communities we serve.
Posted in Marketing, Promotion, Public Libraries, Social Media
Tagged Branding, Social media
