Good to Great: Level 5 Leadership in Libraries and Information Centers

Jamie HennellyCasey KinsonGood to Great: Level 5 Leadership in Libraries and Information Centers1What is a Level 5 Leader?Level 1 Highly Capable IndividualLevel 2 Contributing Team MemberLevel 3 Competent ManagerLevel 4 Effective ManagerLevel 5 Level 5 Executive

notes2Humility + Will = Level 5Plow horse, not a show horseAmbitious for company, not selfSuccesses are deflected out the window, to be shared with othersSetbacks are reflected in the mirror and analyzed for better performance3Level 5 vs. GeniusLevel 5 + Management Team = First WhoThen What

Genius With a Thousand Followers = First WhatThen Who4Library Journals Librarian of the Year Award: Nomination Guidelines and ProceduresMust be a professional librarian displaying outstanding achievement reflecting the loftiest service goals of the profession.Examples of winning achievements: innovating information services to serve community needs without resorting to user feespromoting library services and collections to the community it serves strengthening political, public, local and fiscal support.Information can be found at www.libraryjournal.com

5Librarian of the Year 2002Susan Kent, Los Angeles Public Library

Credits the success of the LAPL to her staff and librariansHas the determination to make tough decisions and stand by themFocuses on extending the LAPL greatness beyond her own tenure6Librarian of the Year 2003Raymond Santiago, Director, Miami-Dade Public Library System, FL

First who, then what style of decision making Attributes success to his team of employees, not his own leadership (modesty driven, not ego driven) Looks out the window during times of success, and looks in the mirror during times of failure

7Librarian of the Year 2004Toni Garvey, City Librarian, Phoenix Public Library

Led her library from good to great by building access and librariesKnows when to break from conventional wisdom8Librarian of the Year 2005Susan K. Nutter, Vice Provost & Director of Libraries, North Carolina State University, Raleigh

Moved her library from good to great Cares first about who is in the bus, then about where its going Ambitious for the organization, not for herself9Librarian of the Year 2006Rivkah Sass, Omaha Public Library

Tough-minded changePuts the best people in the best opportunities10Librarian of the Year 2007Mary Baykan, Washington County Free Library, MD

Uses technology as a tool, not as the sole catalyst of changeAttributes success to the people around her11Librarian of the Year 2008Norma Blake, New Jersey State Librarian

Uses the First WhoThen What approach to expand state-wide services Has spent her entire career in New Jerseys public librariesHer ambition is for New Jersey, not herself12