1. Eureka! Leadership Institute Webinar Recouping Your Mojo Thursday, February, 25, 2010 12:00/Noon to 1 pm Presenters: Shawna Sherman, Amanda Jacobs Foust & Yuri Kenney

2. 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

3. Agenda Self-Leadership Maintaining Focus Organizing Your Game Plan

4. Find Your Inner Leader Techniques for Self Leadership

5. “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.

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

7. “I Think I Can, I Think I Can”

8. Mental Practice Beliefs Imagined experience Self-Talk

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

10. “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.

11. Maintaining Focus

12. I started at the Library…

13. Maintaining Focus So, I returned to the experts…

14. Maintaining Focus Beware of Pit-Dwellers

15. 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

16. Maintaining Focus Cracking the whip…

17. Maintaining Focus Don’t forget your mantra

18. Organizing for Momentum

19. You’re already halfway there

20. Procrastination

21. Face your anxieties

22. Feel the mojo!

23. Define your projects

24. Identify Action Steps

25. Focus your effort

26. Remember your team

27. Delegate

28. 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

30. 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

33. 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

35. Synthesize

36. Persevere

37. 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 http://www.pomodorotechnique.com 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.

38. Questions?

39. Thank You! Shawna: shawna.sherman@hayward-ca.govshawna.sherman@hayward-ca.gov Amanda: afoust@co.marin.ca.usafoust@co.marin.ca.us Yuri: ykenney@library.lacounty.govykenney@library.lacounty.gov

40. Upcoming Eureka! Leadership Seminar Wednesday, March 10, 2010 12 Noon to 1:00 pm Harnessing the Power of Volunteers @ Your Library presented by Jamie Finley, Roseville Public LIbrary Lia Hernandez, Huntington Beach Public Library Kaye Moore, San Jose Public Library