Day 2 at the Leadership Conference

Yesterday we spent time getting to know the group, and understanding the layout of the week etc.
Leadership traits
Being an Activist Librarian
Leadership being the ability to exert influence
Risk taken = Benefit received
and a quote ... "it's going to seem like Friday by the end of the week, it's going to go by so fast" really???? :)

We had to identify our learning objectives for the institute - why we wanted to come here.

We separated into groups and identified groundrules for the group

Finally, we talked about the difference between leadership and management - as in leadership is fun, management is ... management.

Another quote, "Leaders who know themselves are able to seek clarity about personal motives, fears, strengths, weaknesses, values and beliefs. They actively pursue life-long learning and walk their talk." hmmm...

We are at breakfast 7:30 a.m., meet from 8:30-noon, lunch noon-1 p.m., meeting 1-5 p.m., dinner 6 p.m., meeting 7:30-9 p.m. b u s y - or, rather, intense ...

Before we came to the conference, we had to complete our Enneagram Leadership Style - go ahead and click on it (go to 'tests,' 'proceed to tests,' 'enneagram') ... try it out! You can read more about the styles here. If you need to know - I'm a 7, 4, 9 - yeah, like you're surprised!
We shared with our like-styled people, and then with our group, different traits, strengths, weaknesses, and set goals for ourselves.
Our next fosuc was on strategic planning - identifying and assessing environments, and coming up with focus issues for strategic planning.

Okay, then... and now for some photos from the venue ...