filling the empty chairs : succession planning or continued professional development – an...

Filling the empty chairs –

Case study in succession planning

ANLTC 2008 Ursula Byrne

Head of Academic Services

Humanities & Social Sciences

UCD Library.

Ursula.byrne@ucd.ie

Early 1980s

NUI Maynooth Cataloguer

Mid 1980sUniversity College DublinCataloguer

Late 1980sUniversity College DublinSubject Librarian

Mid 1990s Liaison Librarian

1994 - 2006 Job-sharing / UCD Crèche Committee

Print media projects

• QA/QI 2003

• Newsletter

• Library guides 2002-5

• Reports etc

• Horizon Scanning

• Team working –

– Web group/pages– News letter– Information skills– E-books

What motivates me?

– Drive to achieve beyond expectations – External factors - salary– Achieve for the sake of achievement– Passion for the work itself…pride in a job well done– Energy– Restless with the status quo– Questions – why are things done one way rather than

an other ?– Desire to make a difference

Cognitive skills Mentoring

Social skills

Motivation

Self regulation Empathy and intuition

Self awareness

Technical skills MAKING A DIFFERENCE

What about the Challenges?

Strike a balance between :

taking advantage of new opportunities

and

managing a growing workload.

Reading on Emotional Intelligence:

Goleman, Daniel (1998)What makes a leader Harvard Business Review Nov-Dec

Thank you.

E-mail : Ursula.Byrne@ucd.ie