Feedback from the Bottom Up: Building Stronger Library Teams

Welcome to Ask ALSC, where the Managing Youth Services Committee asks leaders in children’s libraries to share their response to an issue or situation.  We hope to showcase a range of responses to topics that may affect ALSC members. If you’d like to respond to today’s topics, or suggest a topic for the future, please leave a comment. Feedback Matters How do we create a culture of trust and accountability on our library teams? Traditionally, managers provide feedback to their employees, but rarely do leaders recognize the importance of receiving feedback from their teams. However, in higher education, it’s completely normal for students to evaluate their professors. Why not normalize evaluating managers at least once a year? The results of a 2022 study published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics by professors Shing-Yi Wang (University of Pennsylvania) and Jing Cai (University of Maryland) showed that when workers evaluated their managers…
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