The Coaching Librarian Newsletter hits your inbox every other week. You can check out some past issues below, but only some issues get posted to the web. I keep some of the best content for email subscribers only!
What’s happening is just the latest iteration of trying to come up with a good name for a list with regular updates about what I’m up to đŸ˜‚ That comes out once a month + whenever I have something exciting to share that I can’t wait to tell you about!
- Coach v Mentor: when to choose which type of support
Distinguishing between coaching and mentoring as complementary ways to support professional development.Read more
- Taking care of your own wellbeing is a critical leadership skill
Connecting bell hooks' engaged pedagogy with critical leadership practices.Read more
- Working toward constructive conflict resolutions
Let's talk about how you manage conflict in your library, so that you can get to a constructive outcome instead of letting it fester and turn toxicRead more
- How coaching can help to protect your team from burnout
Developing a coaching approach to leadership can help to protect your team from burnout. Here are three ways that happens.Read more
- A less stressful approach to holding team members accountable
Using a coaching approach to build a culture of accountability – including clear expectations, support, and clear consequences.Read more
- Do you give nice or kind feedback?
Distinguishing between nice feedback that prioritizes your own need to avoid conflict and kind feedback that helps your team member develop. Read more
- Team-building strategies that actually work
Effective team-building requires shared purpose and priorities. Before committing to your next team-building exercise, keep these 5 elements in mind.Read more
- Set goals that matter to you, and then achieve them! (And help your team members do the same!)
6 steps to help your team members (and yourself!) set and achieve goals that matter. Read more
- Train your brain to choose curiosity
Once you train your brain to lean into curiosity before it jumps to giving advice, then everything else comes more easily. When you're genuinely curious about what ideas your team member already had to solve a challenge, instead of just focused on a technique to reach an outcome, then it's a lot easier to ask open ended questions. Read more
- Using a coaching approach when you're short on time
Strategies for using a coaching approach as a leader when you feel like you don't have time for coaching.Read more