2017 Leadership Academy Orientation

PLA Leadership Academy Orientation Question for our presenters? Need technical assistance? Agenda for today • • • • Introductions Leadership Academy Overview Project Expectations Q&A 2017 PLA Leadership Academy Portland, Oregon What’s the Agenda? Reflection on the Leadership Crucible Kick Off Reception PLA Leadership Model Adaptive Leadership: What Are My Strengths: What Are My Needs? Leading Local Government in Challenging Times Improv Activity and Performance Asset-Based Community Development Developing Leadership Projects Partnerships & Outcomes Panel Discussion Art Activity Leadership Crucible presentation and exercise Report on Project Commitments Putting It All Together Key Insights Chris Warren Library Director Auburn Public Library 2015 PLA Leadership Fellow How Leadership Academy Helped • Your library’s role in the community – Vital community asset – “What does our community need?” • Your library as a workplace – Your own strengths/the strengths of your team – Leadership requires learning from your mistakes • Professional network of public library leaders Successes • Better relationships with local partners – One Book, One Village (community reading program) – Auburn City Schools – Auburn University • Clearer sense of organizational direction – “People always come first.” – Focus on solutions, what’s possible – Library Board, Friends of the APL, City of Auburn Meaghan O’Connor Assistant Director for Programs & Partnerships District of Columbia Public Library 2015 PLA Leadership Fellow How Leadership Academy Helped • Personal growth around understanding and articulating my strengths; broader growth around seeing my team through individual strengths • Asset-Based Community Development theory flipped how we look at community • Professional colleagues around the country working within a common framework Successes • Bringing the strengths-based framework to my team for individual and team growth • Articulating purpose of the team at a time of transition at the library Guidelines for Project Development • Select a project addressing a major community priority e.g economic development, health • Is the project aligned with the library mission and plan? • Does the library have the capacity to undertake the project, at least in part? • What internal resources will be needed? • What community partners can contribute to the project’s realization? • How will the success of the project be determined? Before the Academy • Pre-work: Strengths Finder Assessment • Select a project • Prepare a brief narrative description of the project in 50 – 75 words • Submit your narrative to PLA by March 10th (send to Charmin Members, cmembers@ala.org) Advance Reading • Required:  What Leaders Really Do - John Kotter  The Community of the Future - Frances Hesselbein  Rising to the Challenge: Re-envisioning Public Libraries Aspen Institute  Channeling Change: Making Collective Impact Work Stanford Social Innovation Review • Recommended:  10 Must Reads on Leadership – Harvard Business Review  10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence – Harvard Business Review ... Introductions Leadership Academy Overview Project Expectations Q&A 2017 PLA Leadership Academy Portland, Oregon What’s the Agenda? Reflection on the Leadership Crucible Kick Off Reception PLA Leadership. .. Director for Programs & Partnerships District of Columbia Public Library 2015 PLA Leadership Fellow How Leadership Academy Helped • Personal growth around understanding and articulating my strengths;... Activity Leadership Crucible presentation and exercise Report on Project Commitments Putting It All Together Key Insights Chris Warren Library Director Auburn Public Library 2015 PLA Leadership