Library Leadership Your Way. Issue 1 (1st June 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Martin, Jason
• Is Part Of: Serials librarian. Volume 78:Issue 1/4(2020)
• Page Start: 9
• Page End: 16
• Publication Date: 2020-06-01
• Subjects: Leadership -- library leadership -- leadership theory -- leadership practice; Serials librarianship -- Periodicals; 025.173205
• DOI: 10.1080/0361526X.2020.1707022
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0361-526X

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Library Leadership Your Way was a preconference intended to be a practical guide for anyone interested in library leadership. The point was not to explain how to lead, but for attendees to discover why they want to lead, how they can best lead, and what their unique leadership practice looks like. Attendees were asked to think about what leadership means to them, learn overall principles of how to effectively lead themselves and others, be exposed to major leadership theories and philosophies, and finally to revisit their initial ideas about leadership. By the end, attendees had developed their own definition of and approach to leadership, understand the basics of major leadership theories and philosophies, and have a leadership practice and plan in place they can use in their everyday leadership lives.