Bossidy and Charan (2002) explain that coaching is “the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done” (p. 74). Effective leaders must coach, not scold or threaten. Leaders must show their subordinates what they have done wrong in order to foster a learning environment in which people can improve and grow.
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More on the Discipline of Execution
Posted in book review, tagged books, leadership, management, quotes, the discipline of execution on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Discipline of Execution
Posted in book review, tagged libraries, library management, management, quotes, the discipline of execution on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This semester, my last before I receive my degree, I am taking a course called Library Planning, Marketing, & Assessment. One of our first assignments is to form a group, choose and read a book about leadership, and present it to the class. My group formed out of the desire to read something a bit [...]
On a Game for the Library
Posted in games, tagged children's services, fun, games, intellectual freedom, libraries, PATRIOT ACT, privacy, public libraries, usability, utility on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Background
One early morning in mid-December 2007, Joe Osborn and I were inspired. I recently completed a course on human-computer interaction, and the gears in my mind were turning. How could we design a library game for children?
Our ideas quickly accumulated as we ate breakfast. The game would aim to:
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