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Developing Leaders. Dr. Ken Haycock Professor and Director School of Library and Information Science San Jose State University June, 2006. You as Leader…. Yes, you! You in the fifth row! If not you… who?. Leadership. Management and leadership: are they different? how?
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Developing Leaders Dr. Ken Haycock Professor and Director School of Library and Information Science San Jose State University June, 2006
You as Leader… • Yes, you! • You in the fifth row! • If not you… who?
Leadership • Management and leadership:are they different? how? • How do you define leadership? • What are the characteristics of leaders? • Think of leader whom you admire. Why do you respect her or him?
Flowchart For Problem Resolution Is It Working? NO YES Don’t Mess With It! Did You Mess With It? YES YOU IDIOT! NO Anyone Else Knows? Will it Blow Up In Your Hands? You’re SCREWED! YES YES Can You Blame Someone Else? NO NO NO Hide It Look The Other Way Yes NO PROBLEM!
Defined… Great leaders rally people to a better future.
FourCompetencies √ managing attention √ managing meaning √ managing trust √ managing oneself
Leadership • Tasks • Skills • Attributes
Leadership Tasks √ envisioning goals √ affirming values √ motivating √ managing √ achieving workable unity √ explaining √ serving as symbol √ representing group √ renewing
Skills √ agreement building √ networking √ non-jurisdictional power √ institution-building √ politics √ communication
Attributes √ physical vitality and stamina √ intelligence and judgment in action √ willingness, eagerness to accept responsibility √ task competence √ understanding of followers/constituents and their needs √ skill in dealing with people √ need to achieve
Attributes √ capacity to motivate √ courage, resolution, steadiness √ capacity to win and hold trust √ capacity to manage, decide, set priorities √ confidence √ ascendance, dominance, assertiveness ["inner impulse to leave their thumbprint"] √ adaptability, flexibility of approach ["capacity to reprogram“] Gardner, John. On leadership. New York: Free Press; 1990
Leadership Are leaders born or can they be developed?
All people need… • Security • Community • Clarity • Authority • Respect
Clarity • Whom Do We Serve? • What Is Our Core Strength? • What Is Our Core Score? • What Actions Can We Take Today?
Discipline! • Take Time to Reflect • Select Your Heroes With Great Care • Practise
Defined… Great leaders rally people to a better future.
To Sustain Success only you can define your measures of personal success… but… to make the greatest possible impact over the longest period of time… Discover What you Don’t Like Doing and Stop Doing It
Other Illustrative Pieces… Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. • Katherine Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers Now, Discover Your Strengths. • Donald Clifton and Marcus Buckingham.
Other Dimensions:The Human Equation • Seven practices of successful organizations… research by Harvard’s Jeffrey Pfeffer
The Human Equation • Employment Security • Selective Hiring • Decentralization: Self-managed Teams • High Compensation Contingent on Performance • Extensive Training • Reduced Status Distinctions • Sharing of Financial and Performance Information Throughout the Organization
Leadership Tendencies • My MBTI is …. • My leadership strengths are… • My potential pitfalls are… • My suggestions for my own development are… • The implications for my team may be…
Observations • Developing the profile • Promoting the organization and community • Predictors of success • Separating the leaders I • Separating the leaders II
Advocacy Lessons • Logical incrementalism… • Respect… • Deposits and withdrawals… • Connecting agendas…
Situational Leadership:Three Skills • Flexibility: Directive/Supportive • Diagnosis: Four Levels • Contracting for Leadership Style
Just a note about the San Jose advantage… • Conveniently located everywhere! • Low cost service provider! (Read Nordstrom's not Wal-Mart!) • Executive MLIS cohorts • Does this matter? Does anyone care? • http://slisweb.sjsu.edu
Librarians…and their staffs… • Develop Strong and Healthy Communities • Add Value as Community Leaders with a Clearly Defined Niche • Are: • Market-driven • Customer-focused • At the Table
The Choice Is Yours • What kind of leader? • What kind of relationships? • What kind of impact? • What kind of difference?
Toward A Plan… • Next Steps… • Know yourself… • Take the opportunities… • Select a mentor… • Discuss succession management…
Dr. Ken Haycock • No time to ask your question? • Concerned about privacy? • Need time to think and reflect?
Feel free to contact me… Dr. Ken Haycock 408.924.2491 khaycock@slis.sjsu.edu