CILIP’s Skills for Leadership - Manage, Motivate and Influence event. Presentation slides by Chair: Marilyn Clarke – Director of Library Services at Goldsmiths, University of London

1. CILIP - Leadership Skills event
29/10/2021
Marilyn Clarke
Director of Library Services
Goldsmiths, University of London

2. The 6 Fundamental Skills Every Leader Should
Practice – HBR Leader’s Handbook (2018)
1. Shape a vision that is exciting and challenging for your team (or
division/unit/organization).
2. Translate that vision into a clear strategy about what actions to take, and
what not to do.
3. Recruit, develop, and reward a team of great people to carry out the
strategy.
4. Focus on measurable results.
5. Foster innovation and learning to sustain your team (or organization) and
grow new leaders.
6. Lead yourself — know yourself, improve yourself, and manage the
appropriate balance in your own life.

3. On leadership
• ‘What got you’re here, won’t get you there : how successful people
become even more successful’ / Marshall Goldsmith (with Mark
Reiter), Hyperion, 2007
1. Improve ability to relate well to others.
2. Solicit feedback from relevant stakeholders to shape more effective
interpersonal behaviour.
3. Behavioural guidance to effect personal change.

4. ‘The 20 Bad Habits – Challenges in
Interpersonal Behavior’
1. Withholding information: The refusal to share information in order
to maintain an advantage over others.
2. Failing to give proper recognition: The inability to give praise and
reward.
3. Not listening: The most passive-aggressive form of disrespect for
colleagues.
4. Passing the buck: The need to blame everyone but ourselves.
5. Failing to express gratitude: The most basic form of bad manners.

5. What do these Habits tell us?
• Need to acknowledge the contributions of others.
• Emphasis on: planning, developing skills, relationship
building/maintaining.
• Continuous listening process.
• Engage in introspection and behavioural change.