1. Erica Findley & Maureen Sullivan ALCTS Virtual Midwinter Symposium January 12, 2012

2. Erica Findley

3.  What has changed?  Expectations  Challenges  Questions

4.  78 Chair and Vice-Chair positions within ALCTS Committees.  1,100 Chair and Vice-Chair positions within ALA Committees. Numbers provided by Charles Wilt, ALCTS Executive Director.

5. William Pettit and Ken McPhan of the Gippsland Independent and Express newspaper, Victoria

6. Expectations of new leaders

7.  Self-serve  Individualization  Mentor-don’t The gardener Fredrik Fröding, 78 years old, with a watering can

8. Plan Failure Feedback Experience! "WANNA KEEP 'EM HEALTHY? OVERCOOKING DESTROYS VITAMINS"!, 1941 – 1945

9. Jongen aan de afwas / Boy doing the dishes

10. Challenges for new leaders

11.  Enabling vs. dictating  No entitlement  Breaking status quo F.A. Cup Trophy

12.  Barriers to “no”  Positive no  N-option Etonnement

13.  Clampitt, P. G., & Dekoch, R. J. (2011). Transforming leaders into progress makers: Leadership for the 21st century. Thousand Oaks, Calif: SAGE.  In the Library with the Led Pipe http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/  Maeda, J., & Bermont, B. (2011). Redesigning leadership. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.  Morris, S., & Morris, J. (2003). Leadership simple: Leading people to lead themselves : the practice of lead management. Santa Barbara, Calif: Imporex International.  Ury, W. (2007). The power of a positive No: How to say No and still get to Yes. New York: Bantam Books.

14.  William Pettit and Ken McPhan of the Gippsland Independent and Express newspaper, Victoria http://flic.kr/p/apx2SD http://flic.kr/p/apx2SD  The gardener Fredrik Fröding, 78 years old, with a watering can http://flic.kr/p/9VMzuUhttp://flic.kr/p/9VMzuU  "WANNA KEEP 'EM HEALTHY? OVERCOOKING DESTROYS VITAMINS"!, 1941 – 1945 http://flic.kr/p/9vTZfK http://flic.kr/p/9vTZfK  Jongen aan de afwas / Boy doing the dishes http://flic.kr/p/9Z5vFRhttp://flic.kr/p/9Z5vFR  F.A. Cup Trophy http://flic.kr/p/91xYmMhttp://flic.kr/p/91xYmM  Etonnement http://flic.kr/p/9deUbHhttp://flic.kr/p/9deUbH

15. erica.findley@pacificu.edu http://www.ericafindley.com/

16. Key Concepts

17.  Managers hold formal positions  The work includes planning, allocating resources, work design, organizing and accomplishing results  Leadership is inspiring, empowering and guiding others to achieve and accomplish results  Leadership is both by “position held” and “opportunities taken.”

18.  Purpose, Direction, and Meaning  Trust  Optimism  Action and Results Warren Bennis

19.  Challenge the process  Inspire shared vision  Enable others to act  Model the way  Encourage the heart Kouzes and Posner

20.  You make a difference.  Credibility is the foundation of leadership.  Values drive commitment.  Focusing on the future sets leaders apart.  You cannot do it alone.

21.  Trust rules.  Challenge is the crucible for greatness.  You either lead by example or you don’t lead at all.  The best leaders are the best learners.  Leadership is an affair of the heart. Kouzes and Posner

22.  Self-awareness – knowing, understanding and accepting yourself  Knowing, respecting and appreciating your constituencies  Developing capacity – yours and others  Serving a purpose  Sustaining hope

23.  What are some of your strengths as a leader?  Who is a role model for you?  Where are there opportunities for you to lead?  In what areas do you want to strengthen your leadership capacity?  What will you do to get started?

24. James Kouzes and Barry Posner: The Truth About Leadership and The Leadership Challenge Warren Bennis: On Becoming a Leader Robert D. Stueart and Maureen Sullivan: Developing Library Leaders: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Coaching, Team Building and Mentoring Staff

25. msull317@aol.com msullivan@ala.org