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If You Lead… Will They Follow?

If You Lead… Will They Follow?. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION MARY JO GIUDICE, MLIS DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY Renner Frankford Branch Timberglen Branch DALLAS, TX. Who am I to tell YOU what to do?. part of my job is. BEST. WORST. THE PEOPLE. THE PEOPLE.

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If You Lead… Will They Follow?

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  1. If You Lead…Will They Follow? AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION MARY JO GIUDICE, MLIS DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY Renner Frankford Branch Timberglen Branch DALLAS, TX

  2. Who am I to tell YOU what to do?

  3. part of my job is... BEST WORST THE PEOPLE THE PEOPLE

  4. What is the ONE characteristic you must cultivate to be in charge? What is the ONE characteristic you must cultivate to be in charge?

  5. V A L U E S

  6. Lead by Example

  7. Lead by Example Work the Circulation Desk Shelve the books Buy donuts!

  8. Get to know your staff, then listen based on personality.

  9. Get to know your staff Find the best way to communicate with each person You Always be accessible Confide in a plant or pet!

  10. Solve problems quickly when possible.

  11. Solve problems quickly. Avoid hurt feelings End with laughter! You often have to put yourself on the line to make a connection

  12. Give feedback generously.

  13. Have monthly staff meetings No Such thing as over communication. White board or bulletin board Hang notices in the bathroom!

  14. Bibliography Blanchard, Kenneth. The Leadship Pill: The Missing Ingredient in Motivating People Today. New York: Free Press, 2003 Brinkman, Rick. Dealing with Difficult People: 24 Lessons for Bringing Out the Best in Everyone. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006. Crowley, Katherine. Working With You is Killing Me. New York: Warner Business Books, 2006. Feiner, Michael. The Feiner Points of Leadership. New York: Warner Business Books, 2004. Heath, Chip. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die. New York: Random House, 2007. Jansen, Julie. You Want Me to Work with Who? New York: Penguin Books, 2006 Wooden, John R. Wooden on Leadership. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005.

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