Sharing Roundtable, Changing Stewardship: What can different generations of librarians teach other?, NY-NJ Medical Library Association (MLA) Annual Meeting, October 2010, Yonkers, NY.

1. Changing Stewardship: What can different generations of librarians teach each other
NY-NJ Chapter of MLA Annual Meeting Sharing Roundtable, October 6, 2010, Yonkers, NY
Co-facilitators: Lisa Chow and Carolyn Reid
WHAT IS LEADERSHIP?
“Leadership is action, not position.” - Donald H. McGannon
“The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the
visionary and the idealist.” - Eric Hoffer
EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP
“The goal of an effective leader is to recondition your team to be solution focused
rather than problem focused.” - Jim Rohn
”Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not
attributes.”- Peter Drucker
LEADERSHIP SKILLS
 Patience and compassion
 Personal time management
 Modeling of professional behavior
 Decision-making/problem-solving
 Planning and direction
 Delegation and empowerment of others
TIPS & ADVICE
“If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to
apologize than it is to get permission.” - Admiral Grace Hopper
“The single biggest way to impact an organization is to focus on leadership development. There is almost no
limit to the potential of an organization that recruits good people, raises them up as leaders and continually
develops them.” - John C Maxwell
“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.” -
George Patton
RESOURCES
 "50 Reasons Not To Change" Graphic
 "The Right to Lead" by John Maxwell
 "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" by Steve Covey
 Transformational Leadership, Burns & Bass: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformational_leadership
JUST DIVE IN AND SWIM [LEAD]
"Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it." - Henry Mintzberg

2. (Image from http://13c4.wordpress.com/2007/02/24/50-reasons-not-to-change/)