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Category Archives: Decision-making
Problems or Solutions?
This is a tough one I think.
Posted in Decision-making, Employees, Management, Supervision
Tagged Employees, Problem-solving, Solutions
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Try Something Different
Sometimes I am so overwhelmed by having too many choices that I am paralyzed and can’t make a decision. Does this ever happen to you? Do you respond by simply sticking to the same old standard choices? I’m afraid I … Continue reading
Trust Me!
Much of what we do in libraries is done as a team. Good teamwork is an essential element if you’re going to have a successful library. And trust is an essential element if you’re going to have a successful … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Decision-making, Employees, Leadership, Management, Supervision
Tagged Teamwork, Trust
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What Was I Saying?
Wait a minute. . . what was I saying?. . . where was I going?. . . what was I doing? . . . Did I ever finish X?. . . I didn’t? Really? I meant to. . . Wait … Continue reading
What Do You Expect?
First of all, for anyone who reads my blog who doesn’t know a lot about what library directors and library staff do—Let me make one thing perfectly clear: We work hard. People who work in libraries do not sit and … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Decision-making, Employees, Leadership, Library Trustees, Listening, Management, Supervision
Tagged Expectations, Teams
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Don’t Hit the Snooze Button
So often in life, whether our professional or personal lives, we get a wake up call. Sometimes, like in the example in How to Answer a Wake Up Call (Seapoint Center), it is an uncomfortable one, and we just want … Continue reading
Posted in Decision-making, Leadership, Listening, Performance, Performance Reviews
Tagged Alfred Nobel, Performance, Wake up call
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Are you a Collaborative Leader?
And if not, why not?! (And don’t tell me you’re not in a leadership position, either. There is such a thing as leading from within, you know.) Anyway, be sure to check out 12 Things Collaborative Leaders Do by Jessie … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Decision-making, Leadership, Management
Tagged Collaboration, Leadership, Management
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What Makes a Good Library Professional?
I’ve been helping out with a public library system director search process. I love hiring and interviewing; I don’t know why, I just do. This process has gone very well, partly because of a very good committee. Anyway, we’ve had … Continue reading
Empowering Employees
Came across this thoughtful post this week: Leaders Need to Understand the Risk and Trust Relationship. I agree, it is so true: “How can we get staff to make more decisions on their own, they always come to us for … Continue reading