Two ways tech companies often try to improve their cultures for women are through unconscious bias training and mentorship programs. But these programs often fall…
Category: Management
So, you need to interview someone, and you want to do a good job. Maybe it’s your first time hiring people, or maybe you’ve been…
The stakes are high when a new leader takes over. Despite their training and experience, a full 74% of new leaders say they are unprepared…
“So the cat is dead,” said Rachel Sandler, a new hire at Amazon-owned PillPack, as a pill-shaped candy rolled onto the floor. Sandler was in…
When founders and CEOs look to hire and promote managers, they want people who exhibit leadership. But how can you exhibit leadership if you’re stuck…
We have now briefly considered 5 relationships: with boss, with staff, with community, with profession, and with self. What’s next? Most people find that some…
The last, and crucial, relationship to manage in order to be a successful director is the one with yourself. Directors, like the board, like the…
The next relationship to manage concerns the larger library profession. The successful library director is engaged with and contributes to our various professional networks. That…
Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian delivered an inspiring, profanity-laced speech at his former high school last month. [May 2015] And he was escorted out of the building. No, I’m…
I’ve written in many places about one of the key shifts in librarianship. We are moving from being library-centric to being community-centric. This movement is…