2006-865: COACHING STYLES: HOW THEY CAN HELP MANAGE AND MOTIVATE LIBRARIANS AND THEIR STAFF MORE EFFECTIVELY Bruce Reid, Pennsylvania State University-Wilkes-Barre Bruce Reid is the Head Librarian at Penn State University, Wilkes-Barre campus. He has a B.S. degree in Business from Farleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey, and a Library Information degree from the University of Minnesota. His subject areas are Business, GIS applications, Telecommunications, and Land Surveying. Page 11.324.1 Page © American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 +Coaching Styles: How They Can Help Manage and Motivate Librarians and Their Staffs More Effectively. Bruce Reid The Pennsylvania State University Nesbitt Library Wilkes-Barre Campus Lehman, PA. 18627
[email protected] ABSTRACT: Can the management styles of highly esteemed and successful college coaches, Joe Paterno, football coach at Penn State University, John Wooden, famed basketball coach at UCLA, Mike Krzyzewski, successful basketball coach at Duke University, and Herb Brooks, former hockey coach at the University of Minnesota and the Olympics, apply successfully to academic librarians and their staffs. Can library management and their staffs be positively affected by using their methods? Three principal factors that were fundamental to the success that characterized their coaching styles were discovered to be fundamental to, and consistent with each of their coaching programs. The three common factors are a strong core value system, excellent organizational skills, and a history of life-long mentoring. How these principles can assist and help motivate librarians and their staff is examined. INTRODUCTION: For years experts in many professions sought to export their management styles and organizational schemes to a demanding public.