Leadership and Diversity

Gina GutiérrezCINF 6405 Prof. Liz Pagán

August 31, 2009

 

 

Artist: Takashi Amano

The Simmons Model

Inspirational managerial leadership competencies:

Transformation

Accomplishment

People

Source: Camila A. Alire in Hernon & Rossiter

Intercultural Communication: 5 Tools

1. Identify Cultural Dimensions: Individualistic vs. Collectivistic Perspectives

2. Identify Cultural Communication Style: Low-context vs. High-context Communication

3. Recognize who and what might be marginalized4. Recognize Mechanisms for Organizing and Supplying

Information5. Recognize who Built the Information Technology

Source: Allard et al

About meI am the Head of Instructional Initiatives at Norwich

University in Vermont and am an adjunct faculty member at San Jose State University’s School of Library and Information Science. I’m also the author of the book Social Software in Libraries: Building Collaboration, Communication and Community Online (Information Today, 2007) and write the monthly column “Technology in Practice” for American Libraries. I’m the creator and manager of Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki and have created a number of well-known national conference wikis (ALA 2005 and 2006, Internet Librarian 2006-2008, etc.). I have presented internationally on topics such as social technologies, managing library technology projects, encouraging innovation organizationally, and LIS education. In 2006, I was named a Mover and Shaker by Library Journal for innovative uses of technology to benefit the profession and in 2009 was honored with the LITA/Library Hi Tech award for Outstanding Communication in Library and Information Technology.

Equality 

Sameness 

Limiting Organizational Talent

Diversity in Successful Organizations

Diverse Leadership

Most Diverse Organizations

are also the

Most Successful Organizations

Contingency Theory of Leadershipwide pool of talent

Source: Winston

References

Allard, S., Mehra, B. & Qayyum, A. (2007). Intercultural Leadership Toolkit for Librarians: Building Awareness to Effectively Serve Diverse Multicultural Populations. Education Libraries, 30(1), 5-12.

Hernon, P., & Rossiter, N. (ed.). (2007). Making a Difference: Leadership in Academic Libraries. Westport: Libraries Unlimited.

Winston, M.D. (2001). The Importance of Leadership Diversity: the Relationship Between Diversity and Organizational Success in the Academic Environment. College & Research Libraries, 62(6), 517-526.

Young, A. P., Hernon, P. & Powell, R. (2006). Attributes of Academic Library Leadership: An Exploratory Study of Some Gen-Xers. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 32(5), 489-502.