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Category: Leadership & Management

Your Brain and Memory

Medina focused his talk on the interplay between crystallized intelligence and fluid intelligence…

Learning Science, Teaching

A Manager’s 9 Steps for Coaching

Conflict-averse supervisors know that holding others accountable is a difficult part of their job. When someone isn’t doing their work … More

coaching, conflict, Fournies, performance management

Options for Identifying Your Personality Type

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® is a psychological instrument, and is restricted to use by certified professionals. Here are some options … More

MBTI, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Personality

Prioritizing Your Task List

You may recall the episode of Seinfeld in which Kramer describes transporting a severed pinky toe to the hospital to be reunited with the … More

choice, mission, priorities, Seinfeld, values, vision

Middle Managers and Strategic Direction

Have you been working as an entry-level librarian and are itching for change? Is your supervisor putting you into new … More

middle management, strategy

Conviction of Action

I was browsing the literary and grammatical gifts at the Virginia Shop of the Library of Virginia recently, chuckling to myself … More

consistency, conviction, Emerson, quotes

Fashionable Management

360-Degree Feedback. Lean Management. Management by Walking Around. Organizational Learning. Reengineering. Six Sigma. Total Quality Management. One business best seller … More

Management, Organizations, Recently Read
Looking up

Learning from Action Learning

I became aware of action learning as a participant in an executive leadership program. Just this year as I returned to … More

Action Learning, Project Management, Web Projects

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    Personality Types and Librarians (Part 1)
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    Personality Types and Librarians (Part 2)
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