Obviously this is the wonderful time of year for libraries to work on long-range plans! A 5-Year Long Range Plan is not a fun thing to work on though it is necessary, but it does help when you have a brand new Planning Committee on board to help you, which I have. I am so glad! At our meeting this morning we actually started thinking about developing at least a minimum charter and writing our purpose statement. We will see how this goes! We sort of defined rolls in the sense that each person stated what they are best at or more interested in. I have a homework assignment of working on the purpose statement for our new charter.
But today I am trying to remember how to blog. Just to figure out which buttons to push seems to be kind of time consuming. Once you get started it is o.k. Just want to greet those involved in PLMI and tell you I am excited to read your blogs to see what you have posted. I'll let you know what I learned, o.k.?? I see no reason why we can't enjoy this while it lasts!!
Heather, being the kind, sweet person she is gave us lots of time to watch our webinars so I hope everybody enjoyed their webinars as much as I did. Mine was great and really helped me a lot.
I finally have business cards for the library. I am so excited about that. I enjoyed attending Library Legislative Day in Nashville also!
Sandra @ Niota Library
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
PLMI ASSIGNMENT
When organizing a team, build a solid
foundation from the beginning by writing a charter that states the
purpose.
1. Figure out your purpose statement. (Why is it necessary to have the team? What do you want to accomplish?)
2. Make a list of your goals and how you want to
accomplish them.
3. It is important for each team member to have
significant responsibility.
A
few months ago I put together a Technology Planning Committee to help write
long-range plans for our library. The
city took my recommendation, voted on and approved the committee. My mistake is that I failed to lead them to
properly organize from the beginning.
Although I made this mistake, the planning
committee has worked very well together and after many hours and some
revisions, came up with computer policies which I have been able to present to
our McMinn County Library Board for review and approval!
However, at our next Tech Planning
Committee meeting I plan to explain the need to write at least a minimum
charter for the committee and develop a clear purpose statement. The webinar has given me guidance and
direction.
One reason I chose to watch this webinar
about friction and dissension is that our city commissioners, who are local
elected officials, are always disagreeing and even fussing and fighting among
themselves at public city meetings. Even
though friction is a natural part of teams, as the webinar points out, problems
should be faced and dealt with. A good
leader sometimes needs to say “STOP!”
And then say “We need to speak
one at a time and listen to each other.
No interruptions, no debate, listen and try to understand each other and
what each one is saying when they are expressing their opinion”. Niota’s commissioners need to rediscover
their purpose and try to stay more focused!
Confusion, friction, and dissension is
sometimes brought on by lack of clarity.
That’s why we need a clear purpose!
But there are always going to be challenges. Treat them gently, as the webinar points
out. Have a passion toward the bigger
purpose. Communication is so important
when working with teams. Remind the team
where they are going and talk about the best way to get there.
To have a more productive team, make an
effort to improve communication. A rule
of thumb is that when communication is altered, relationships are also
altered. Be the behavior you want to see
in others! Remember, when communication
changes, relationships also change!
In conclusion let me say that almost every
paragraph you have just read contains either a thought or a partial quote taken
from a webinar by Dr. Eunice Parisi
entitled “Why Teams Fail: Dealing with Friction and Dissension” and the
link came from Heather Lambert’s e-mail.
Sandra’s
PLMI Blog
Due March
20, 2014
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