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= SECRET THREE: CAPACITY BUILDING PREVAILS = media type="custom" key="4547522"

Fullan wants you to know that finding and incorporating talent into your organization is not that straight forward. If you find capacity building as simple as picking out the talent which pushes your company or goals, then your company might not grow past a sigular goal. ** Capacity building ** includes ideas about ** learning for life ** and ** how can we all do better **. Fullan realizes that talent isn't fixed and people will want to be a part of a system if they are learning and improving themselves. It is important for people ​** not to make short cuts **** to achieve their short-term goal **, as the importance of the learning cannot be solely based on the goal itself. This connects with the next secret, reflection on the growth and the work involved holds as much merit as the goal. The talented person will not be happy just achieving a singular goal then leveling off at that plateau.

A new school will want to open with a group of talented employees and then build upon and enhance their effectiveness both individually and in a school system. The librarian, though not hiring, has a similar role. An ** effective librarian will recognize the most willing and able teachers for collaboration and then seek to bring them into a collaborative process ** with themselves to enhance student achievement. If the librarian manages these teachers well, shows the benefits of collaboration for their class, and has applied tools of effective collaboration, more teachers will join and the whole school will function on a higher, more productive level. ** Librarians have a unique position to be the largest capacity builders in the school system ** because they aren't administrators yet they are leaders with knowledge and understanding of all the school's goals (curriculum and standards).