Serving to Lead

With the fast pace of change in today's libraries, leadership is needed more than ever at all levels of the organization and regardless of whether you have a formal leadership role in your workplace. Giovanna Badia cites a definition of leadership as "being able to influence and lead a div...

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Published in:Reference and user services quarterly 2017-12, Vol.57 (2), p.86-88
Main Authors: McManus, Alesia, Ryan, Marianne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Libraries
Career Development
Communication Skills
Governance
Information Services
Interviews
Job Skills
Leaders
Leadership
Leadership Training
Librarians
Libraries
Libraries and readers
Library administration
Library Personnel
Literature Reviews
MANAGEMENT
Mentors
Methods
Occupational Information
Opportunities
Parliamentary Procedures
Presidents
Professional development
Public services (Libraries)
Reference Services
Social aspects
Tenure
Volunteerism
Volunteers
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Summary:With the fast pace of change in today's libraries, leadership is needed more than ever at all levels of the organization and regardless of whether you have a formal leadership role in your workplace. Giovanna Badia cites a definition of leadership as "being able to influence and lead a diverse group of individuals to attain common goals and objectives." In an era of constant change and transition, libraries are continually called upon to do more with less. This fact makes it critical to utilize resources-including human-as fully as possible. One way to accomplish this is by encouraging staff participation in service opportunities, which can foster talent and leadership development in those who engage. Here, McManus issues a call to action for all of libraries to get more involved and thereby lay claim to their leadership potential.
ISSN:1094-9054
2163-5242