Helping others achieve success: Jeff Justice on teamwork and reaching goals
In addition to the strong commitment to Dropbox values that leads them to success, Jeff affirms that his team is always able to keep progressing because it is comprised of many different voices. His mixed bag of previous work experiences as a radio relationship guru, band manager, and small business consultant have given him a unique outlook on customer relationships, but he maintains that his voice is never the most valuable one in the room.
“You need to have a variety of voices and thoughts at the table. But on top of that, I think that diversity also shows and proves that there are multiple ways to get to a successful end. There’s not just one path and pattern to be able to solve a problem or to reach a goal. If you have people who are willing to challenge and think outside of the box, or people who have a difference in experiences or background, then you’re really giving yourself the best opportunity to assess as many paths as possible in the quickest way and get there successfully.”
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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