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“Good to Great”: Level 5 Leadership in Libraries and Information Centers

“Good to Great”: Level 5 Leadership in Libraries and Information Centers. Jamie Hennelly Casey Kinson. What is a Level 5 Leader?. Level 1 – Highly Capable Individual Level 2 – Contributing Team Member Level 3 – Competent Manager Level 4 – Effective Manager Level 5 – Level 5 Executive.

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“Good to Great”: Level 5 Leadership in Libraries and Information Centers

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  1. “Good to Great”: Level 5 Leadership in Libraries and Information Centers Jamie Hennelly Casey Kinson

  2. What is a Level 5 Leader? Level 1 – Highly Capable Individual Level 2 – Contributing Team Member Level 3 – Competent Manager Level 4 – Effective Manager Level 5 – Level 5 Executive

  3. Humility + Will = Level 5 • Plow horse, not a show horse • Ambitious for company, not self • Successes are deflected out the “window”, to be shared with others • Setbacks are reflected in the “mirror” and analyzed for better performance

  4. Level 5 vs. Genius Level 5 + Management Team = “First Who…Then What” Genius With a Thousand Followers = First What…Then Who

  5. Library Journal’s “Librarian of the Year” Award: Nomination Guidelines and Procedures Must be a professional librarian displaying outstanding achievement reflecting the loftiest service goals of the profession. Examples of winning achievements: innovating information services to serve community needs without resorting to user fees promoting library services and collections to the community it serves strengthening political, public, local and fiscal support. Information can be found at www.libraryjournal.com

  6. Librarian of the Year 2002 • Credits the success of the LAPL to her staff and librarians • Has the determination to make tough decisions and stand by them • Focuses on extending the LAPL greatness beyond her own tenure Susan Kent, Los Angeles Public Library

  7. First “who”, then “what” style of decision making • Attributes success to his team of employees, not his own leadership (modesty driven, not ego driven) • Looks out the “window” during times of success, and looks in the “mirror” during times of failure Librarian of the Year 2003 Raymond Santiago, Director, Miami-Dade Public Library System, FL

  8. Librarian of the Year 2004 • Led her library from good to great by building access and libraries • Knows when to break from conventional wisdom Toni Garvey, City Librarian, Phoenix Public Library

  9. Librarian of the Year 2005 • Moved her library from “good” to “great” • Cares first about who is in the bus, then about where it’s going • Ambitious for the organization, not for herself Susan K. Nutter, Vice Provost & Director of Libraries, North Carolina State University, Raleigh

  10. Librarian of the Year 2006 • Tough-minded change • Puts the best people in the best opportunities Rivkah Sass, Omaha Public Library

  11. Librarian of the Year 2007 • Uses technology as a tool, not as the sole catalyst of change • Attributes success to the people around her Mary Baykan, Washington County Free Library, MD

  12. Librarian of the Year 2008 • Uses the “First Who…Then What” approach to expand state-wide services • Has spent her entire career in New Jersey’s public libraries • Her ambition is for New Jersey, not herself Norma Blake, New Jersey State Librarian

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