Managing in the middle : the librarian's handbook

9780838911617

xii, 175 pages ; 28 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

It's a job, not a reward! / Gayle Hornaday
Stepping right into the middle of-- / Anne C. Barnhart
Testing the waters : creative role playing for management success ; Learning the ropes : LIS and professional training is not enough / Amanda Lea Folk
Is an MBA a good choice for middle management librarians? / Elizabeth O'Brien
Expertise, influence, and magical thinking : interviews with middle managers / Melissa Laning and Neal Nixon
Business books for the library middle manager : an annotated bibliography / Joe C. Clark
Rethinking interpersonal communication for managers / Marie L. Radford
The middle in the middle : maintaining your sanity while mediating conflict / Amanda Lea Folk
Horizontal communication : social networking in the middle / Nancy J. Kress
Feeling good in the middle : emotional intelligence at work / Robert Farrell
Top communication rules for effective library management / Louis Howley, Kathryn Bock Plunkett, and Nicole Sump-Crethar
Formal and informal communication in meetings / Robin L. Ewing
The power of un / Maureen Diana Sasso
Checklist for productivity ; Procrastination and willpower / Samantha Schmehl Hines
The critical path for middle managers : a project management technique for librarians / Dorothy A. Mays
Supervision / Debbie Schachter
Firm, but fair : dealing with problem employees / Cees-Jan de Jong
Performance management : making difficult conversations easy and managing soft skills / Robert Barr
Performance improvement : an overview for middle managers / Barbara Petersohn
Consult me first : building consultative relationships between top-level and mid-level library managers / Jeffrey A. Franks
Managing perceptions / Liza Weisbrod
Surviving layoffs / Curt Friehs
The poor administrator and you : survival tips for the mid-level manager / Jeffrey A. Franks
Coping with reorganization : an Interview with Sally Decker Smith
The self-determined middle manager / Kristine Condic
Developing leaders / Debbie Schachter
Being an entrepreneurial leader / Jennifer Rowley
Managing change : a reading guide for today's middle manager / Keith Phelan Gorman and Joe M. Williams
The need for middle managers : turning today's new librarians into tomorrow's leaders / Bernadine Goldman
Building strong middle manager/paralibrarian relationships : middle managers as mentors / Allison Sloan
Moving up the ranks and back again : lessons learned as an interim library director / Elisabeth Tappeiner
Working with the plateaued employee / Janet Butler Munch
Taking risks and letting go, creating and coaching teams : an interview with John Lubans

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Farrell, Robert (Professor), editor
Schlesinger, Kenneth, editor