Leadership: Everyone's Superpower

Very often, libraries provide their patrons with the resources and skills they need in order to be successful in their educational or personal pursuits. In order for libraries to be essential to their patron's goals, a culture of leadership is needed. Many librarians and staff in today's libraries have aspirations to be leaders in their careers, but find themselves in lower-level positions and therefore assume opportunities for leadership are limited. That is not the case because leadership is not about positional power or formal authority; it's about influence, and there are several ways one can become influential. This presentation aims to show librarians and library staff key qualities that they can adopt to influence co-workers, patrons, and the library in general, and thereby showcase their leadership skills no matter what position they may hold.