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RE: leadership style

Posted By Mary Jo Finch Jan 30, 2020 01:52 PM
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(Public library, staff of 28/22 FTE, 2 locations) We work in teams at our library (collections, public service, programs, PR, technology, facilities, etc). Every team has a manager embedded and most staff members are on more than one team. Most decisions are made at the team level, with the manager in ...

RE: Dual library director/branch manager role - anyone else?

Posted By Mary Jo Finch Jan 07, 2020 03:48 PM
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When I first started as Director (promoted from branch manager of our second location), I hired a new branch manager. The two of us have grown a healthy partnership over the last 7 years for running our two locations (she now has the title Associate Director). We office at different locations and have ...

RE: Welcome to the LLAMA New Directors Discussion Group!

Posted By Mary Jo Finch Dec 30, 2019 01:39 PM
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Hi! I have been the director of Westbank Community Library District in Austin, TX, for 7 years now. We have two locations serving a community of 27,000 people, with 28 staff and hundreds of volunteers. As a district, we are self-governing and funded by sales tax.  I am here to learn, and I'm happy to ...