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All good managers are also leaders--but the reverse isn't true: Many good leaders are not also managers. Management and leadership are related but separate areas. Articles in this category deal with a variety of management issues and philosophy.

Recent articles

Leading or managing? - two library managers discuss the distinctions.
Your reputation is a recruitment strategy - Jamie LaRue sees a real need to retain the best and recruit future library leaders, at least for public libraries, in this May 2008 essay.
Directors, leaders and work-life balance - Steven J. Bell and Wayne Bivens-Tatum discuss issues that relate directly to the next generation of leaders and directors--and now Jeff Scott adds insights from a rural public library director's perspective. Leadership, balance and choice adds related notes from outside the library literature.
Problematic management - Notes on a variety of problematic management behavior.
Problematic communication and behavior - Notes on difficulties and possibilities, directly related to...
Speaking up, keeping quiet and listening - Expanded notes on communication.
What can organizational structure do for user-centered change? - Ryan Deschamps expects libraries to become flatter organizations--and points out some advantages of hierarchical structures that could be lost in the process.