“Being proud of your work and showing some self-esteem and confidence will get you a long way in life, but at the office, sometimes it’s the ability to forgive yourself and learn from your mistakes that’s more valuable than pure ego. Self-compassion can help you learn and grow, which is key to succeeding in any career.”
via Self-Compassion is More Important to Success than Self-Esteem at LifeHacker
“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.
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*
As mentioned in the article above here is the link to the ALA Emerging Leader Team E Survey posted at the ALSC Blog.
HLWIKI Canada provides a Mentoring 2.0 summary (mentoring in web 2.0 context) and references for Library and Information Studies students.
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.
The Secrets Apple Keeps is a fascinating commentary on the inner workings of Apple, Inc. and its culture of secrecy and division. The commentary is from Adam Lashinsky’s new book called Inside Apple. Apple would make a great case study in mentoring, managing and leadership…too bad we will never know the true inner workings of the company.
Highlights
“You don’t want to be the weak link. There is an intense desire to not let the company down.”
“All companies have secrets, of course. The difference is that at Apple everything is a secret.”
“There is not a culture of recognizing and celebrating success. It’s very much about work.”
“Apple pays salaries that are competitive with the marketplace — but no better.”
“People love it, which is different than saying they have fun. Fun comes and goes.”
From Will Unwound a post contrasting leadership skills versus managerial skills. I think I fall in the middle somewhere but I hope to migrate over to the leadership side as I gain more experience in managing people and projects!
I think many of the leadership skills listed also crossover as skills needed for mentoring.
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