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Go, Grow... or Stay? Jerilyn Veldof University of Minnesota Libraries The Imperative of Professional Development

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Go, Grow... or Stay?

Jerilyn VeldofUniversity of Minnesota Libraries

The Imperative of Professional Development

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What I Cover:

1. What’s happening demographically

2. The Big Rocks- Growth Mindset

- Situational Leadership

3. Institutionalizing Learning & Development

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Why we stay … (and contribute):

1. Career growth, learning & development

2. Exciting work and challenge

3. Meaningful work, making a difference and a contribution

4. Great people

5. Being part of a team

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Next:

1.What’s happening demographically

2. The Big Rocks- Growth Mindset

- Situational Leadership

3. Institutionalizing Learning & Development

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Photo from: http://www.talentmgt.com/articles/6876-getting-ahead-of-the-silver-tsunami

10,000 Baby Boomers turn 65 every day.

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Photo from: http://www.talentmgt.com/articles/6876-getting-ahead-of-the-silver-tsunami

"Retirements and relocations no longer guarantee open positions..."  

- Sari Feldman “The Future of the MLIS” in American Libraries

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Photo from Pixabay: CC0 Public Domain

“We have this tiny, little pipeline…”

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Photo - https://www.flickr.com/photos/irsein/5144677794 Graphic - Saba’s Essential Guide to Career Development and Coaching

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Image made for me on Fivrr

Do you have them in your organization?

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Traditional Development

Menthods

IGNORE THE PROBLEM AT YOUR OWN PERIL

Can be:

Too selective

Too generic

Too limited

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Next:

1. What’s happening demographically

2.The Big Rocks- Growth Mindset

- Situational Leadership

3. Institutionalizing Learning & Development

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You have a certain amount of intelligence and you can’t really do much to change it.

Do you believe this?Where do you fall

on this scale? (no way!) 1 2 3 4 5 (yes way!)

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You have a certain amount of talentand you can’t really do much to change it.

Do you believe this?Where do you fall

on this scale? (no way!) 1 2 3 4 5 (yes way!)

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Mindsets Fixed.

Growth…

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1. “Are you sure you can do it? Maybe you don’t have the talent.”

2. “I’m not sure I can do it now, but I think I can learn to with time and effort.”

3. “What if you fail—you’ll be a failure”

4. “Most successful people had failures along the way.”

5. “If you don’t try, you can protect yourself and keep your dignity.”

6. “If I don’t try, I automatically fail. Where’s the dignity in that?”

Fixed or growth mindset statements? Give it a whirl:

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1. “Are you sure you can do it? Maybe you don’t have the talent.” Fixed

2. “I’m not sure I can do it now, but I think I can learn to with time and effort.” Growth

3. “What if you fail—you’ll be a failure.” Fixed

4. “Most successful people had failures along the way.” Growth

5. “If you don’t try, you can protect yourself and keep your dignity.” Fixed

6. “If I don’t try, I automatically fail. Where’s the dignity in that?” Growth

Answers:

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From http://english.flamecentre.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Infographic.pdf

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Fight for...

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Growth MindsetSituational Leadership

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What’s Situational Leadership?

4 Development Levels

1.Low competence and high commitment

2.Low to some competence and low commitment

3.Moderate to high competence and variable commitment

4.High competence and high commitment

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4 Corresponding Leadership Styles

1.Directing

2.Coaching

3.Supporting

4.Delegating

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Situational Leadership Model: Look it up!

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Next:

1. What’s happening demographically

2. The Big Rocks- Growth Mindset

- Situational Leadership

3.Institutionalizing Learning & Development

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InvestDocument

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Invest2 Million Dollars What the average employee costs over their career. (salary and benefits)

➢ Get Prof Dev in Annual Reviews➢ Make sure 1 goal is a learning & development

goal.➢ Have employees create an Individual

Development Plan

Document

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Establish a Culture of Continuous Learning &

DevelopmentGrowth Mindset

Situational Leadership

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Development Coaching

GAPS ModelGROW Model

Learning and reflection woven into everyday work

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Learn more here!

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The Little Rocks, Pebbles & Gravel…. See this video if you don’t know what this means! https://www.youtube

.com/watch?v=fmV0gXpXwDU

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Individual Development PlansDuring monthly 1:1’s with manager

For Examples: http://z.umn.edu/listIDPs

Individual Development ProgramExternal coaching

Assessments

For Overview: http://z.umn.edu/idpoverview

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Incorporating Learning into the JobJob shadowing

Job sharing

Knowledge transfer

Teaching and training peers and others

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Individual Goals1 learning & development goal

2 performance related goals

Individual Planning Guide:http://z.umn.edu/PlanningGuide

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1-Hour a Week Development PlanOffer independent learning opportunities

Package them, mix-n-match

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Micro-learningLearning Bites in Bi-weekly Meetings

3 Things You Need to Know about X, in departement emails

1 Lynda.com video a week

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Mobile Learning & Gamified Learning

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SkillFitness.com

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SkillFitness.com

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SkillFitness.com

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Flipped Classroom

From the University of

Minnesota Libraries

Management Deep Dive Program

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Mandate [Local] Conference Attendance

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Speaker SeriesBut with follow-up “so what” conversations in each unit/department

(WIIFM and WIFFML*)

… More signals to staff that they are expected to learn.

*What’s In It For Me (WIIFM) and What’s In It for My Library (WIFFML)

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Conference Round-upsQuarterly, scheduled meetings or extensions to meetings

Run by you and your colleagues

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Official Mentoring ProgramInclude all staff

Alternative if your manager isn’t coaching you (or you want more coaching)

A mentor guides and supports you - does not direct you

A mentor is focused on helping you identify and reach your goals

Hold a mentor orientation and training session (if you’re creating one in your org)

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Change Hiring FocusHire for POTENTIAL, for attitude, for diversity,

Not (just) experience.

○ This helps you hire growth mindset people○ Also reinforces to everyone that you have a growth mindset

organization.

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Your Assignment:

The Big Rocks

Think about how you can cultivate your own growth mindset.

Identify a way or 2 you might cultivate a growth mindset in your unit or department or library.

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And… if you manage others:

Read up on the situational leadership model

Learn about how to be a good coach

- Lynda.com

- Help them Go or Watch them Go

Institutionalize development

Cultivate a learning & development culture

More Big Rocks

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Find out more about the Working Retired here:

http://RevivingTheDead.com