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28 Humor
25 Communication/Openness
22 Cooperation
19 Teamwork
17 Honesty/Openness/Integrity
14 Trust
13 Flexibility
12 Service
11 Empowerment
10 Adaptability
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09 Creativity
09 Morale
09 Versatility
08 Innovation
08 Knowledge
08 Respect
07 Diversity
07 Quality
07 Risk Taking
06 Accountability
06 Education/learning
06 Excellence
06 Efficiency
05 Fairness
05 Learning
05 Security
05 Training
05 Valuing people
04 Community
04 Customer
04 Open-mindedness
04 Respect for individual opinion/worth
04 Respectful
04 Sensitivity/consideration
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03 Broadmindedness
03 Credibility
03 Ethics
03 Forgiveness
03 Integrity
03 Logic
03 Loyalty
03 Management
03 Openness/Adaptability/Open-mindedness
03 Recognition
03 Tolerance
03 Vision
02 Access to information by everyone, on campus or off
02 Better salaries
02 Commitment
02 Commitment to creativity
02 Commitment to lifelong learning
02 Courtesy
02 Dependability
02 Diversity of stylistic differences/Diversity of opinion
02 Experimentation
02 More PR work
02 People oriented
02 Quality service
02 Safety & healthy work environment
02 Security/Significance
02 Self esteem
02 Structure
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01 Ability to listen
01 Ability to work out of job description
01 Absence of fear
01 Advocacy for Library services statewide
01 Ambiguity Tolerant
01 Autonomy
01 Balance
01 Being consulted about decisions
01 Clear communication: 1) active listening, 2) clear presentation at all levels
01 Clear goals & priorities
01 Coherence
01 Collaborative
01 Comfort
01 Commitment to job & patrons
01 Common sense in job situation
01 Compassion
01 Compassion for new library users
01 Compassionate leadership
01 Consensus not unanimity
01 Consideration
01 Consistency
01 Coordination
01 Cost effectiveness
01 Development as Informed Innovation
01 Dialog
01 Discipline
01 Dollars
01 Drive
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01 Economy
01 Emphasis on extended services
01 Empowerment of all staff
01 Encourage staff development
01 Encouragement of risk/innovation & tolerance of reasonable mistakes
01 Equality
01 Equity
01 Feedback
01 Financial security
01 Flexibility - ability to cope with change
01 Fluidity
01 Healthy environment
01 High quality service, collections & staff/faculty
01 High visibility - library as center of campus
01 Hope
01 Humane environment
01 Humanness
01 Independence
01 Initiative & Recognition
01 Integrity in education of users
01 Intellectual honesty
01 Intellectual integrity
01 Interactiveness with staffing/with patron
01 Interdependent
01 Interest
01 Job security
01 Joy
01 Learning support of a university library
01 Leave me alone
01 Less Egotistical (more willing to ask for help)
01 Less whining
01 Listen to employees/users
01 Loyalty - 2-way must be earned
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01 Managed change
01 Management skills
01 Meaningful evaluation
01 Meaningful listening to input
01 Moral Integrity
01 Morals
01 More Trusting (more responsible)
01 Mutual Direction
01 Mutual respect/loyalty
01 Networking
01 No caste system
01 Nurturing environment - creating a culture that brings out the best
01 Open to change
01 Openness to new ideas
01 Organized
01 Outreach
01 Participation
01 Participatory
01 Partnership (organization & employees)
01 Patience
01 People orientation - staff & patrons
01 Permutability
01 Personal contact
01 Personal growth
01 Personal security
01 Provide more pertinent training learning experiences
01 Public awareness
01 Rational link between performance & rewards
01 Recognize worth of staff - respect
01 Recognized responsibilities
01 Respect for all coworkers & abilities
01 Respect for experience wherever it is
01 Respect for resources
01 Responsive
01 Reviews of supervisors on a regular basis - month to one year - that is the same as staff
01 Reward good work at same job (rather than lose workers who have to seek higher positions)
01 Room for disagreement & dissent
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01 Self confident
01 Self Directed
01 Self respect
01 Sense & Sensibility
01 Service to: 1) current patrons, 2) posterity
01 Simplicity
01 Sincerity
01 Socializing
01 Stability
01 Staff competence
01 Supportive
01 Technology
01 Those in supervisory positions should be trained in management skills -& should have to update those skills periodically through HRS offerings
01 To improve morale individuals need empowerment - this could be implemented through new management, structures, i.e., TQM. This would benefit the individual & the organization, by weeding out dysfunctional work systems.
01 Trust of employees
01 Understanding
01 Unity
01 Walk around management
01 Willing to work for a larger goal
01 Willingness to accept decisions
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Compiled by Kathy McGreevy for the
Libraries Planning Committee
3/96