Eureka! Leadership Institute Webinar Recouping Your Mojo Thursday, February, 25, :00/Noon to 1 pm Presenters: Shawna Sherman, Amanda Jacobs Foust & Yuri Kenney

Presented by: Shawna Sherman, Hayward Public Library Amanda Jacobs Foust, Marin County Free Library Yuri Kenney, County of Los Angeles Public Library 2009 Eureka! Leadership Institute Fellows

Agenda Self-Leadership Maintaining Focus Organizing Your Game Plan

Find Your Inner Leader Techniques for Self Leadership

“Leadership is not a role or set of strategies. Instead, it is a point of view that begins with the inner work of integrating and translating past relationships and experiences into powerful habits of mind.” Source: Mackoff, B., & Wenet, G.A. (2000). Inner work of leaders: Leadership as a habit of mind. New York, NY: AMACOM.

Stop Dysfunctional Thinking Overgeneralization Mental Filtering Making the positive negative Jumping to conclusions Magnifying and minimizing Emotional Reasoning Should statements Labeling and Mislabeling Personalization

“I Think I Can, I Think I Can”

Mental Practice Beliefs Imagined experience Self-Talk

Get to Work Analyze Develop New Thoughts Substitute New Thoughts Monitor and Maintain Observe and Record Your Thoughts

“The message of these examples, I hope, is crystal clear The time to start your aspirations Is now – not next year” Source: Neck, C. (2007). Medicine for the mind: Healing words to help you soar. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Maintaining Focus

I started at the Library…

Maintaining Focus So, I returned to the experts…

Maintaining Focus Beware of Pit-Dwellers

Maintaining Focus Triage List Mission Critical Impacting all branches in a big way (ex. Budget, orders, receipt of new books, delivery services, etc.) Impacting a significant number of patrons - over 33% system-wide (holds processing, catalog problem, holiday issues, etc.) Assigned by Director Urgent Impacting key segments of staff or patrons (Ergo, workload issues; issues related to school assignments, donation issues, etc.) Watch List Some increased staff or patron frustration at more than one site, 6-12 complaints of a small problem Advisory List 1-5 instances of a problem or complaint, a “might be” problem, or “would be nice” fixes. Walter Donavon: We are on the verge of completing a quest that began almost two thousand years ago. We're just one step away. Indiana Jones: That's usually when the ground falls out from underneath your feet. -Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Maintaining Focus Cracking the whip…

Maintaining Focus Don’t forget your mantra

Organizing for Momentum

You’re already halfway there

Procrastination

Face your anxieties

Feel the mojo!

Define your projects

Identify Action Steps

Focus your effort

Remember your team

Delegate

Getting Things Done Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen Teaches you how to move things off your mental plate so you can focus on action and accomplishment

Organizing for the Creative Person Organizing for the Creative Person: Right-Brain Styles for Conquering Clutter, Mastering Time, and Reaching Your Goal by Dorothy Lehmkuhl

Pomodoro Pomodorotechnique.com – Use a timer – Work in 25-minute increments (a ‘pomodoro’) After 25 minutes, take a five minute break Every 4 pomodoros, take a longer break

Synthesize

Persevere

Bibliography Allen, D. (2003). Getting Things Done: The art of stress-free productivity. New York, NY: Penguin Butler, P.E. (1991). Talking to yourself: Learning the language of self-affirmation. San Francisco, CA: Harper San Francisco. Cirillo, F. (n.d.). The Pomodoro technique. Retrieved from Lehmkuhl, D. (1993). Organizing for the Creative Person: Right-brain styles for conquering clutter, mastering time, and reaching your goals. New York, NY :Three Rivers Press. Neck, C.P., & Manz, C.C. (2007). Mastering self-leadership: Empowering yourself for personal excellence. Upper Saddle River: NJ. Pearson Prentice Hall. Mackoff, B., & Wenet, G.A. (2000). Inner work of leaders: Leadership as a habit of mind. New York, NY: AMACOM. Manz, C.C., & Neck, C.P. (1991). Inner leadership: Creating productive thought patterns. Academy of Management Executive, 5(3), 87 – 95. Source: Neck, C. P. (2007). Medicine for the mind: Healing words to help you soar. New York, NY: McGraw- Hill.

Questions?

Thank You! Shawna: Amanda: Yuri:

Upcoming Eureka! Leadership Seminar Wednesday, March 10, Noon to 1:00 pm Harnessing the Power of Your Library presented by Jamie Finley, Roseville Public LIbrary Lia Hernandez, Huntington Beach Public Library Kaye Moore, San Jose Public Library