Category Archives: Mentoring

What Women Know about Leadership that Men Don’t – Tony Schwartz – Harvard Business Review

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“An effective modern leader requires a blend of intellectual qualities — the ability to think analytically, strategically and creatively — and emotional ones, including self-awareness, empathy, and humility. In short, great leadership begins with being a whole human being.

I meet far more women with this blend of qualities than I do men, and especially so when it comes to emotional and social intelligence.”

via What Women Know about Leadership that Men Don’t – Tony Schwartz – Harvard Business Review.

Fast Company | How To Manage When You Hate Being A Manager

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How To Manage When You Hate Being A Manager | Fast Company.

Fostering Female Technology Leadership in Libraries – The Digital Shift

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Fostering Female Technology Leadership in Libraries – The Digital Shift.

Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO, Has Some Career Advice For You

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Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO, Has Some Career Advice For You.

Collection of Links: Importance of Being Introverted

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Watching the Susan Cain TED talk inspired me to round up some links on the importance of introverts in business.

TED 2012: Susan Cain: The Power of Introverts from boingboing

The Fortunes Of Solitude: Susan Cain On Introverts, The “New Groupthink,” And The Problems With Brainstorming from FastCompany

Introverts Are Joining the Internet Party from Huffington Post’s The Blog

An Introvert’s Guide to Networking from Harvard Business Review

How Introverts Can Become Better Innovators from Harvard Business Review

Cultivating Charisma: How Personal Magnetism Can Help (Or Hurt) You At Work from Fast Company

Advice for New Professionals from SLA Future Ready 265

Somewhat dated 4 Ways Technology Can Enable Your Inner Introvert post from The Atlantic.

Tiny Tips for Library Fun: Mentor, Mentees, Mentotum*

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Tiny Tips for Library Fun: Mentor, Mentees, Mentotum*

As mentioned in the article above here is the link to the ALA Emerging Leader Team E Survey posted at the ALSC Blog.

Susan Cain: The power of introverts | Video on TED.com

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My favourite quote: “Stop the madness of the constant group work.”

Susan Cain: The power of introverts | Video on TED.com.

Mentoring 2.0

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HLWIKI Canada provides a Mentoring 2.0 summary (mentoring in web 2.0 context) and references for Library and Information Studies students.

Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice | Racism, Bias & Politics | Right-Wing and Left-Wing Ideology | LiveScience

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Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice | Racism, Bias & Politics | Right-Wing and Left-Wing Ideology | LiveScience.

An Interesting Concept: Reverse Mentoring

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Helpful in teaching more senior employees about social media, internal and external communication, motivating young workers and learning about other cultures.

Role reversal: Mentoring from the bottom up – The Globe and Mail.