Category Archives: Leadership

I Will Follow You

Posted on January 19, 2017 by cbecker53

If you are, or want to be, a leader, you need to have followers. People who are willing to follow you.        

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Don’t be (or Create) an Accidental Manager

Posted on October 5, 2016 by cbecker53

An accidental manager is someone who falls into a supervisory role without the least qualifications to oversee the work of others.”

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R-E-S-P-E-C-T!

Posted on June 21, 2016 by cbecker53

As the author of 10 Ways You Can Earn Respect comments, respect may be an old-fashioned idea, but it still matters.

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Helicopter Bosses?

Posted on January 22, 2016 by cbecker53

I’ve heard of helicopter parents, who “hover” over their children, doing things children can (and should) do for themselves, but I had never heard of helicopter bosses.

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Tips Galore

Posted on December 4, 2015 by cbecker53

Thank goodness we don’t have to “invent” every solution ourselves. Especially in libraries, just about every management issue you think you have, someone else has had it first, and more often than not, folks are willing to share tips with … Continue reading →

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Humble, Hungry, and Hustle!

Posted on November 24, 2015 by cbecker53

You may be a leader. You may be the library director, or head of a department, or just in charge of a certain project.

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Are They Engaged?

Posted on October 23, 2015 by cbecker53
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Take Me to Your Leader!

Posted on May 20, 2015 by cbecker53

A couple of quick links about leaders and leadership today:

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Yes, I’d Like to be Successful

Posted on May 5, 2015 by cbecker53

Yes, I’d like to be successful. Wouldn’t you? So I’m always on the lookout for tips to be more successful.

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Do Something Great

Posted on April 21, 2015 by cbecker53

Do you regularly ask yourself, or others, to “do something great”? Or do you think that just getting by is good enough? Or perhaps, like me, you don’t really think about it. But we should.

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