Library Leadership Programs

Several days ago, a public library director of my acquaintance asked for my opinion about the value Library Leadership Ohio. I’ve mentored seven times for these leadership institutes (Library Leadership Ohio three times, Snowbird twice, and Canada’s Northern Exposure to Leadership and California’s Eureka once each) so I’m a real advocate. Here’s what I told him:

I’m [...]

Do Unto Others

One of the things I love about keynoting is that I often get new ideas right in the middle of a presentation. That happened recently at the WiLS World conference when it occurred to me that many of our rules and procedures could amount to micromanaging library members. Anyone who’s ever had the misfortune to be on [...]