1+Love+Your+Employees

= SECRET ONE: LOVE YOUR EMPLOYEES =

media type="custom" key="4547386" Love your employees takes a genuine look at ** types of leaders ** and what they do or don't do as it applies to their organization. Fullan views older theories on work habits and ethics and applies them to production and how they demonstrate the companies of now. The ** reflections on 'Children First' philosophies ** are not only interesting, but demonstrate how schools employing these policies are. His examples include a quote: "//the quality of the education system cannot exceed the quality of the teachers//" (Fullan, p. 22) This leads into why 'Children First' philosophy has a good mind-set, but can't be the only part. The staff needs investment of ideas, care and learning, also. The leaders of an organization must provide opportunity for the employees to succeed. Fullan says, "It is helping all employees **find meaning**, **increased skill development**, and ** personal satisfaction ** in making contributions that ** simultaneously fulfill their own goals ** and the ** goals of the organization **" (p. 25). His ideas continue throughout the chapter to show the best companies in the world pay attention to all stakeholders equally (customers, employees, investors, partners, and society).

This secret is easy to connect to the job of librarians and schools, especially those in large schools with paraprofessionals who help them. We want to do what is ** best for the students first **, but we have to **keep in mind** the other ** staff and parents **. A head librarian must properly understand the ** role as a librarian **, an ** administrator **, and ** manager of resources ** including those of human nature. The three factors for motivating others (//fair treatment--enabling achievement--camaraderie//) should be inherent in all librarians as they ** work with their authority figures ** (administration), **staff** (employees), ** partners ** (teachers), ** investors ** (parents) to provide the best for the ** customers ** (students). Fullan mentions that ** you have to believe in equality ** not just superficially, but deep down. His ultimate example is how ** Shackleton put the well being of his crew first ** and all of them survived the disastrous expedition to the South Pole as where other crews perished. This secret is one of the corner stones to build a strong and lasting library media center.