My thirty days with Pat L. have been a wonderful time for me to focus on my current/future work responsibilities, and to gather a cadre of literature on leadership;especially in the areas of:

• Modeling 21st century librarianship behavior
• Encouraging the Heart by creating a spirit of community with people I work with within University Libraries, as well as with colleagues at ND, and building a repertoire with community leaders in the Michiana community
• Giving Pat L. socks to remind her of our promise to adopt working principles from our "Commitment Memo" from the May Institute ('07).

3 Things I have learned about leadership:

Being a leader means being a follower...... Good leaders envoke their followers to step in/out of leadership responsibilities. "The leadership is there. If you go out and work with your people, then the leadership will emerge" -Bob Moses, Civil rights activist

Being a leader means doing the difficult........ Good leaders do the difficult things. As Joyce Meyer stated once: "God sets you free when he puts the things you fear all around you--God wants you to confront the things you fear or are angry about the most....God keeps putting the people, the situations, the behaviors that we hate in our midst for this very reason. Our freedom to lead comes from confronting these things........"

Good leaders urge people to "keep on keeping on".......Good leaders urge their followers to become the person they are ordained to become....

"I judge no one, knowing that judging others causes major energy leaks in my life. Judging others is not in my job description. When I judge others, I am automatically "out of bounds and out of tune.......especially with myself. God will deal with other's lives.....I am a transparent leader.....I know my strength is in my openess and honesty with others"---from Jesus:CEO, Using Ancient Wisdom for Visionary Leadership (1992) by Laurie Beth Jones.