4. CHARACTER TUTORIAL
CORE POSITIVE IMMERSION ABSTRACTS
[1] ETHICS AND LIBRARIANSHIP
"Do ethics and values truly matter?" Of course, the answer is: "They absolutely
do!"
Librarians must approach scholarly communication from an ethical position, and honor that process in their
own professon and other disciplines. The central question becomes, "How do we honor and try to reshape
that process in an ethical manner?"
Social pressures such as political correctness or Affirmative Action force librarians to choose carefully or
adhere to certain regulations. But ethical consideration and commitment are still confused with legal sanctions,
and administrators often make the wrong ethical choices, if they even bother to give a thought to whether a given
action is ethically acceptable!
Sometimes the problem is blatant fraud or dishonesty, such as when a library administrator has made a choice to further an unethical or illegal agenda!
ETHICAL REFERENCE SERVICE =
(1) Serve all patrons equally and objectively
(2) Do not allow personal commitments to intrude
(3) Do not sacrifice everything for the sake of information provision
(4) Avoid conflicts of interest
(5) Protect privacy and confidentiality
(6) Protect your employer's investments
(7) Cultivate a service ethic
(8) Market your availability and willingness to help
(9) Provide added value
(10) Recreate yourself as an indispensable provider of whatever information is required!
Book Source: (Ethics and Librarianship)
[2] THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE
AND THE CHARACTER ETHIC
1) Paradigms and Principles --- The "Seven Habits" --- An Overview:
2) Private Victory:
HABIT 1 = Be Proactive (principles of personal vision)
HABIT 2 = Begin with the End in Mind (principles of personal leadership)
HABIT 3 = Put First Things First (principles of personal management)
Becoming a "Quadrant II Self-Manager" where people are more important
than things!
It defines your unique mission including values and long-term goals. It helps you balance
your life by identifying roles. It gives you greater context through weekly organizing. The
Quadrant II paradigm use "Fourth Generation" advances including being
"principle-centered" and "conscience-directed" --- and apply
the key to self-management of others through delegation!
The value is not in any extrinsic technique or tool, but in "seeing" through the intrinsic lens
of importance rather than urgency!
3) Paradigms of Interdependence:
HABIT 4 = Think Win/Win (principles of interpersonal leadership; Four dimensions of
win/win = character, relationships, agreements, supportive systems and processes; win/win management
training; win/win performance agreements, win/win systems, win/win processes)
HABIT 5 = Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood (principles of
empathic communication; character, empathic listening, diagnose before you prescribe,
understanding and perception, seek first to understood --- then to be understand!)
HABIT 6 = Synergize (principles of creative cooperation; levels of communication
--- high and low trust and high and low cooperation; diagram)
4) Renewal:
HABIT 7 = Sharpen the Saw (Four principles of balanced self-renewal --- physical,
social-emotional, spiritual, and mental)
Book Source: (Seven Habits of Highly Effective People)
[3] LIVING THE 7 HABITS ---- STORIES OF COURAGE AND INSPIRATION
GETTING THE MOST OUT OF THIS BOOK
The "framework" of thinking that permeates all of these stories is based upon
the "7 Habits" book written by Stephen Covey, which are in turn based upon
universal, timeless and self-evident principles! The "principles"
apply in any situation, any culture and they belong to all six major world religions and they are
found in all societies and institutions that have truly enduring success:
1) By "timeless" is meant that they never change since they are
permanent, natural laws, like gravity!
2) By "self-evident" is meant that you cannot really argue against
them any more than you can argue that you can build trust without
trustworthiness!
3) The fundamental assumption/proposition is that ALL "highly effective"
people LIVE the principles underlying the 7 HABITS ---
even in this turbulent, troubled, complex world of change!
4) Further, it is assumed that "effectiveness" can be defined as
getting the results you want in a way that enables you to get even greater
results or success in the future --- in a sustainable and balanced way!
5) In addition, when the 7 HABITS are fully learned and applied, they
operate like natural laws, whether you are aware of it or not! For example, the
principle of responsibility (Habit 1) is self-evident and so are all
the other principles, namely, the principle of having a purpose (Habit 2),
the principle of living by the principles (Habit 3), the principle of
mutual respect and benefit (Habit 4), the principle of mutual
understanding (Habit 5), the principle of creative cooperation (Habit 6),
and the principle of continual improvement (Habit 7).
These 7 principles are like the vitamins and minerals found in all kinds of foods.
They are found in diverse aspects of Nature and can be expressed in many forms.
The "words" of the 7 HABITS are only symbols of the world of
human principles. They are like the "key" that opens a "door" of
meaning.
Book Source: (Living the Seven Habits)
[4] THE POWER OF INFLUENCING WITH HONOR
"Principle-Centered" power is the ability to influence the behavior of others!
It is NOT the controlling, changing or manipulating of the behavior of subordinates!
You can truly influence people with "HONOR" instead of giving up, giving in, or taking over!
1) There are many kinds of power:
(1) Coercive power = Controlling others through FEAR!
(2) Utility power = Let's make a DEAL!
(3) Principle-centered power = HONOR makes the difference!
2) How to "HONOR" by using the ten principles of power:
(1) Persuasion
(2) Patience
(3) Gentleness
(4) Teachability
(5) Acceptance
(6) Kindness
(7) Knowledge
(8) Discipline
(9) Consistency
(10) Integrity
3) Self-Check YOURSELF by saying these words:
(1) To check for integrity:
1. Are what I think, feel, say and do integrated?
2. Does what I say match what I do?
3. Are my words and deeds, feelings and thoughts in harmony right now?
4. Are my intentions and actions united?
5. Do I have a sense of completeness and wholeness?
(2) To demonstrate integrity:
1. Do you believe me?
2. Do you trust me?
3. Do you believe you can trust what I say?
4. Do you feel my words and deeds match?
5. Have you been able to count on me?
(3) Impact --- is it worth it --- as you begin to live the power principles?
1. You will be more careful what you ask of others
2. You will be more confident when you ask anything of others
3. You will grow in your ability to influence others
4. You will come to understand the relationship between principle-centered
power, influence and leadership
5. You will have continuing influence with others without forcing them
6. You will have increasing peace of mind
7. You will become wiser and more effective as a parent, salesperson, friend,
teacher and leader
4) How to increase "principle-centered power" by leading with power:
(1) What leaders have to do --- what leaders have to be as "pathfinders:"
1. Vision
2. Direction
3. Location
4. Goals
5. Strategy
6. Purpose
7. Pace
(2) How do I begin leading with honor?
Be involved in the "personal transformation" and "alignment" between
your subordinate's personal values and aspirations and your organization's values
and aspirations!
(3) Four simple things organizations can do to facilitate and accelerate the
ompetencies of its leaders (from Warren Bennis, USC):
1. Provide terrific "role models"
2. Identify and reward effective "coaches"
3. Rotate individuals who have the "potential for leadership" to a variety of roles and
jobs
4. Provide "potential leaders" with experiences that will benefit them
5) Eight steps on your quest to continue your journey of "leading with honor"
8) Step 8 --- What you nurture and pay attention to tends to change and improve!
An "Action Plan" will help you FOCUS on areas of your leadership
which you would like to expand, clarify, improve or strengthen. A few guidelines are:
1. First, acknowledge that the pursuit of honor is a lifetime task.
2. Second, start by recognizing your desire to improve.
3. Third, build on your strengths.
4. Fourth, start where you are now.
Book Source: (The Power Principle)
[5] DARE TO SUCCEED --- HOW TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE IN THE GAME OF LIFE
Book Source: (Dare to Succeed)
[6] HOW "ADDICTIVE" ORGANIZATIONS BETRAY LOYAL EMPLOYEES
1) The "addictive" system --- terms and characteristics
(1) Addiction
Substance and process addiction
(2) System
1. The "addictive" system of an organization
2. Characteristics of organizational "addiction"
(3) Process
1. The process of "the promise"
2. The process of the "pseudopodic ego"
3. The process of "external referencing"
4. The process of "invalidation"
5. The process of "fabricating personality conflicts"
6. The process of "dualism"
(4) Co-dependence
2) The four major forms of "ADDICTION" in organizations
(1) Organizations in which a key person is an "addict!"
(2) Taking your "disease" with you into the organization, or the "reality
of replication"
(3) The organization as the "addictive substance"
(4) The organization as "addict"
3) Recovery in the "addictive organization"
4) Implications and conclusions:
(1) What are the implications IF organizations continue to function addictively?
(2) What happens when organizations begin to "recover" and make a "SYSTEM
SHIFT?"
Book Source: (The Addictive Organization)
[7] A MIND AT A TIME --- HOW EVERY PERSON CAN SUCCEED
Book Source: (A Mind at a Time)
[7] THINK
Book Source: (Think)
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