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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

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When we left San Jose in October, we were high on the knowledge that we were unstoppable leaders to be reckoned with. Now, just a few short months later; winter weather, poor economy, and mundane day-to-day workloads may have dampened our spirits.But there are simple and effective ways to recapture your Mojo!In this one-hour webinar, attendees will learn: * Practical tips about self-leadership * How to maintain focus * Organize your game plan * Eliminate obstacles and create changePlease join 2009 Eureka! Fellows Amanda Jacobs Foust, Yuri Kenney and Shawna Sherman for the second in the webinar series for Fellows and Mentors.

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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

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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

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Agenda

Self-LeadershipMaintaining Focus

Organizing Your Game Plan

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Find Your Inner LeaderTechniques for Self Leadership

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“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.

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Stop Dysfunctional Thinking

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

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“I Think I Can, I Think I Can”

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Mental Practice

Beliefs

Imagined experience

Self-Talk

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Get to Work

Analyze

Develop New Thoughts

Substitute New Thoughts

Monitor and Maintain

Observe and Record Your Thoughts

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“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.

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Maintaining Focus

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Maintaining Focus

I started at the Library…

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Maintaining Focus

So, I returned to the experts…

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Maintaining Focus

Beware of Pit-Dwellers

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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

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Maintaining Focus

Cracking the whip…

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Maintaining Focus

Don’t forget your mantra

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Organizing for Momentum

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You’re already halfway there

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Procrastination

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Face your anxieties

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Feel the mojo!

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Define your projects

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Identify Action Steps

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Focus your effort

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Remember your team

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Delegate

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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

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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

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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

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Synthesize

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Persevere

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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.

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Questions?

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