Category Archives: Management

What Can You Do to Solve This?

Posted on September 17, 2012 by cbecker53

    Here’s a no-nonsense take on Handling Co-Worker Complaints and Backstabbing.  I like the first tip:  “Ask the complainer, ‘What can you do to solve this?’” Dan Rockwell goes on to offer simple suggestions, in a succinct post.  Read … Continue reading →

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Hiring the Best

Posted on August 16, 2012 by cbecker53

I’ve got writer’s block today.  I’m also currently involved with helping a public library system conduct their search for a new director.  These two facts combined lead me to share with you to a couple of blogs that I refer … Continue reading →

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Strive to be a Good Leader

Posted on August 1, 2012 by cbecker53

Are you a leader?  Are you good at it?  If not, you owe it to the people you are leading to become better. We all know people who have become bosses or supervisors because they’ve worked their way up at … Continue reading →

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Feedback, Again

Posted on June 28, 2012 by cbecker53

Although I recently posted about feedback, today I have another excellent source to share with you on this topic.  Giving Feedback?  Don’t Make These 10 Mistakes by Alison Green pulls together some common traps managers tend to fall into when … Continue reading →

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“How Am I Doing?”

Posted on June 25, 2012 by cbecker53

What a great question!  And when others ask it of you, what do you say?  I ran across this great post The Essential Component of High Performance: When someone asks how they did, I realize I haven’t done well at … Continue reading →

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Leadership Styles Demystified!

Posted on June 13, 2012 by cbecker53

This is the best article on leadership styles I’ve ever read!  For years I have struggled with the concept of leadership, heard interviewers ask job candidates “what’s your leadership style,” and worked with and observed both successful and flawed leaders … Continue reading →

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I Think I’m an Elder Stateswoman!

Posted on June 4, 2012 by cbecker53

I think I’ve become an elder stateswoman.  Maybe I should have called my blog “The Elder Stateswoman of Libraries.”  Various online dictionaries I consulted define elder statesman (or stateswoman) as a “prominent, highly experienced older man/woman, especially one acting as … Continue reading →

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Empowering Employees

Posted on May 29, 2012 by cbecker53

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 →

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