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

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-LeadershipMaintaining Focus

Organizing Your Game Plan

Find Your Inner LeaderTechniques 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

OvergeneralizationMental FilteringMaking the positive negativeJumping to conclusionsMagnifying and minimizingEmotional ReasoningShould statementsLabeling and MislabelingPersonalization

“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

Maintaining Focus

I started at the Library…

Maintaining Focus

So, I returned to the experts…

Maintaining Focus

Beware of Pit-Dwellers

Maintaining FocusTriage List

Mission CriticalImpacting 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 ListSome increased staff or patron frustration at more than one site,

6-12 complaints of a small problem  Advisory List1-5 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 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.

Questions?

Thank You!Shawna: shawna.sherman@hayward-ca.gov

Amanda: afoust@co.marin.ca.us

Yuri: ykenney@library.lacounty.gov

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