Collaboration, Empathy &amp;amp; Change: Perspectives on Leadership in Libraries and Archives in 2020

Owens, Trevor; Wong, Angelina T.

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“…This facilitates the way humans think, act, and engage with others and themselves. Engaging with others refers to collaboration that involves the sharing of responsibilities, as well as information and resources that support working towards a common goal (Owens & Wong, 2021). Using collaboration supports Wood's (2004) decisional democratic rationality because it encourages active participation and allows for influencing decision making.…”

Section: Leading Through Collaborationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To engage with the differences and the challenges this poses, leaders need to employ effective listening skills and ask critical questions. It further requires leaders to pause and reflect on the complex nature of human dynamics that occur at the junctures of diversity (Owens & Wong, 2021). In this vein, Tobeka emphasised:…”

Section: Social Justice and Empowermentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Leading for Sustainability and Empowerment: Reflecting on the Power of Collaboration and Humanising Pedagogy

Sathorar,

Geduld,

Moeng

et al. 2023

Educ. res. soc. change.

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The Covid-19 pandemic caused great distress in the higher education sector, globally. Higher education institutions had to adapt from presenting in-person classes to online remote learning, bringing with this several challenges of increased workloads, feelings of loss, grief, and being overwhelmed for both students and academic staff. Leading in times of crisis is not easy. It is even more difficult for women leaders who must deal with the historical impact of gender inequality in the workplace as well as the stereotypical views of the role of women. In this paper, five women academics who also hold leadership positions in the faculty of education at Nelson Mandela University reflect on their experience of leading their respective teams through the Covid-19 pandemic. Researchers have postulated that women in strategic leadership positions would better understand work policy obstacles owing to their knowledge of such barriers, as well as advancing the educational outcomes for all stakeholders in higher education. As women in leadership, we reflect on how collaboration assisted us to empower each other as well as our respective teams. The characteristics of democratic leadership guided this inquest. A critical paradigm and humanising pedagogy principles were used to frame the study, which enabled us to draw on our lived experiences and to engage in dialogue in order to make sense of the process of empowerment for sustainability. We engaged in collaborative self-study and used narrative freewriting to generate data. In addition, use was made of a thematic analysis to reduce the data and identify common themes. The findings of the study question whether current leadership practices contribute to equality in the workplace, support collaboration, and encourage self-care and empowerment. The study proposes a humanising leadership model to enhance leadership practices.

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Section: Leading Through Collaborationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Social Justice and Empowermentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Leading for Sustainability and Empowerment: Reflecting on the Power of Collaboration and Humanising Pedagogy

Sathorar,

Geduld,

Moeng

et al. 2023

Educ. res. soc. change.

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“…Well before the pandemic, researchers were investigating the state of constant changes in academic libraries. With library collections shifting from traditional resources to digital formats; priorities shifting from collections to services; and the rise of data services as a key area for library support (Aslam, 2020;Koltay, 2019;Owens & Wong, 2021), academic libraries were entering an era of connecting spaces, collections, technology and community with a stronger digital presence, and more intensive data and technology services. Along with the change of business was the changing understanding of ourselves as organizations and teams.…”

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“…At the organizational level, student success and in-depth support for research have become some of the key measures of success. At the team level, equity, diversity, inclusion, and access strategy gained more ground as part of our culture (Owens & Wong, 2021).…”

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Our Journey of Building Trust

Bolefski²,

et al. 2023

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This article showcases the authors’ personal journeys of building trust with their teams as BIPOC women leaders in the academic libraries. The article attempts to focus on trust-building with team members through changes either at personal level or at a larger professional context level. This paper elucidates challenges and opportunities that BIPOC leaders are experiencing in their roles in academic library settings as well as how junior and mid-level leaders develop their skill sets to facilitate their effort in trust-building. Literature searches show that study and research in the area of BIPOC leadership in the library context are sparse. The authors strive to contribute to the area, share the experience of building trust in their teams as a leader and invite BIPOC peers to explore possibilities of building trust and advancing their careers in the library leadership path.

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Collaboration, Empathy & Change: Perspectives on Leadership in Libraries and Archives in 2020

Abstract: A collection of 16 essays documenting perspectives on leadership in libraries and archives in 2020.

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Leading for Sustainability and Empowerment: Reflecting on the Power of Collaboration and Humanising Pedagogy

Leading for Sustainability and Empowerment: Reflecting on the Power of Collaboration and Humanising Pedagogy

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