Personal+Leadership

= “How you are valued is more important than you are valuable.” --Hilda Weisberg, co-author of //Being Indispensable: A School Librarian's Guide to Becoming an Invaluable Leader,// Chicago, ALA, 2011. =

=Personal Leadership Note sheet (Based on the APPR11 rubric which is on the "Assessment" page of this wiki)=

Personal Leadership Strategic Plan Template
(adapted from Hilda Weisburg and Ruth Toor, //Being Indispensable: A School Librarian's Guide to Becoming an Invaluable Leade//r, Chicago: ALA, 2011, p. 37.

All libraries of all types:
The larger host organization will not know your value if you do not consciously and deliberately market what you do. You MUST find the time. Know what your stakeholders need and want and give it to them before they ask.
 * ==== Belong to a larger host organization ====
 * ==== Get all their funding and resources from a larger host organization ====
 * ==== Their funding and resources are based on their value to the larger host organization, AND ====
 * ==== That value is determined by the host organization, not the library… ====

from Hilda Weisberg, co-author of //Being Indispensable: A School Librarian's Guide to Becoming an Invaluable// // Leader. //
= • Your PERSONALITY is as important as your experience and knowledge. = = • ALWAYS focus on building and maintaining relationships is key. = = • You MUST get along with everyone. = = • Be aware of how you are PERCEIVED  =

http://www.truecolorstest.com/ ** Essential Colors test Adapted from a team-building exercise by Karen Cross, Director of Leadership Service, Michigan Association of School Boards **

ORANGES • Thrive on challenge, competition and goal achievement • Desire to get it done and move on • Push the envelope to get results • Consider people, make the mundane fun, BUT

• Entertaining but may be flippant • React rather than plan • Focus on short term results • Bored easily, can hurt feelings • Love to brainstorm, find details tedious

BLUES • Motivated by connection and personal relationships • Future oriented and optimistic • Empathetic and inclusive • Enjoy camaraderie of a team • Strong network, champion people and causes, BUT • Optimistic but unrealistic about challenges • Avoid conflict • Put off “hard decisions” • Lose focus if there are a lot of details • Need to be liked • Hold grudges in defense of their values

GOLDS • Like a job well done • Implement consistent procedures • Economical with resource • Excellent planners, good with detail • Enforce policies • Break projects into manageable goals, BUT • Can lose big picture when working on details • May become authoritative • Waste time over-planning • Impatient with delays • Upset when rules are not followed or deadlines not met

GREENS • Seek intellectually interesting work • Critical thinkers • Gather data to plan • Pragmatic • Satisfied by a job well done, BUT • May underestimate how long a task might take • More interested in ideas and strategies than details • May overanalyze • Like their own ideas unless thoroughly convinced • Impatient when others socialize instead of problem-solving

Share your goals for personal leadership:
Have plan and expectation in place for first day of school with new flexible laptops/wireless and plan for ebooks by oct 1

To develop essential questions for all my Common Core-based curriculum maps by Sept. 15th and use them as pre and post assessments this year. (Sara Lissa Paulson, Region 2)

Use TRAILS quarterly as a formative assessment to determine students’ strengths and weaknesses regarding Information Literacy Skills (Kimberly Bramfeld, Region 1).