Category: Wisdom Wednesday

Wisdom Wednesday – What Is Compassionate Leadership?

I know farewell messages are like eulogies and tend to be overly kind to the dearly departed. But if we’re being honest, “compassionate leadership” can be many things

Wisdom Wednesday – “Have You Considered Our EFAP Program?”

My first boss had very personal reasons for being strongly anti-union. But he was quite insightful when he said “I still think Unions are necessary because they protect

Wisdom Wednesday – Trust Is More Important Than Performance

“We have a million metrics to measure performance but little to none to measure trustworthiness.”

Wisdom Wednesday – Counter Intuitive Leadership Principles

A long time ago, a senior leader at RPL told me “I know you like tech companies but libraries aren’t like those companies. We do things differently.” I

Wisdom Wednesday – I’m Such A Team Player, I Really Enjoy My Job, And I Respect My Colleagues. But also…

…I cling madly to those studies that show swearing in a sign of higher-than-average intelligence! 😉  

Wisdom Wednesday – Who Could’ve Predicted Sick Time Would Increase Coming Out of a Worldwide Pandemic?!?

This may be a record as I’ve been collecting information and reading about and adding info to the ongoing draft of this blog post, for oh, over two

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