presented at the Seminar on “Leadership: The Key to Higher Readership", sponsored by C&E Publishing, held at the C&E Information and Resource Center, Quezon Boulevard, Quezon City, 13 May 2009
1. by Fe Angela M. Verzosa Presented at the Seminar on Leadership: The Key to Higher Readership, sponsored by C&E Publishing, held at C&E Information Resource Center, Quezon City, on 13 May 2009 Library Leadership
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5. A Challenge Can you give a One Sentence Definition of LEADERSHIP?
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9. A leader is "a person who influences a group of people towards the achievement of a goal ".
10. Leaders don’t create followers “ The job of a leader today is to create more leaders.” Ralph Nader “ And when we think we lead, we are most led.” Lord Byron Great leadership senses what is emerging. It’s about leaders being part of things, not an external agent acting upon them. Great leaders ride change, they don’t manage it.
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13. Ingredients of an Effective Manager Leadership Vision Time management Effective Communication Public Relations Self-knowledge I am competent! Digital or traditional I am great!
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15. "There is a profound difference between management and leadership, and both are important. To manage means to bring about, to accomplish, to have charge of or responsibility for, to conduct. Leading is influencing, guiding in a direction, course, action, opinion. The distinction is crucial". Warren Bennis
16. "Leaders manage and managers lead, but the two activities are not synonymous…. Management functions can potentially provide leadership; leadership activities can contribute to managing. Nevertheless, some managers do not lead, and some leaders do not manage". Bernard Bass
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30. 3 dimensions used to measure library leadership 1 Leader/managerial activities 2 Reputational effectiveness 3 Management of organizational change
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41. 3 Changes in the organizational domain Changes in physical facilities Introduction of major automation Introduction of revenue- generating activities
42. 3 Changes in the organizational domain Changes in relationships with other community entities Internal organizational changes
48. Key Leadership Types Reputational effectiveness Organizational change Leader activity Energizer Sustainer Politician Retiree High High High High High High Low Low Low Low Low Low Dimension Professional involvement Low Low High High
49. Understanding library leadership Innovation is a cyclical phenomenon . Periods of high innovation are followed by periods of sustained implementation and consolidation. Alternating cyclical behaviors may find some relevance in an organization’s life. Thus low-change Sustainers and Politicians have a crucial role as the ideal Energizer.
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55. Thank you for listening! You can get in touch with me at my email address – fe.verzosa@dlsu.edu.ph – and at our PAARL website– http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PAARL/