This week we are going to talk about building and having credibility as one of the most important skills leaders need to be successful in their workplaces.

This is another one of the key competencies leaders need to be successful. Take a moment now and think about leaders, managers, and directors you know who lack credibility. They lie, the cheat, the shade the truth. You never know that what they are saying to you in the moment is what they will say tomorrow – or an hour from now. You just know that this is someone you cannot rely on to lead your work successfully.

So, what is credibility? For us, it means building trust in others; doing what you say you will do; being consistent in speech and actions. It’s easy to define, and really easy to lose.

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Joining us this week is Valerie Horton, director of Minitex!

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Vision can mean different things to different people. But nearly every study of leadership skills and competencies agree that this is one of the most important leaders can develop. For our purposes, vision means looking at the future and see where the library can go; articulating directions to others.

Of course, if we all had crystal balls and perfect views of the future, this would be so easy! “Let’s do this! Let’s try that! Oops! Money will be short next year; let’s start on some grants now!”

Sadly, few of us will have those skills. We have never yet met a leader who always knew what was going to happen in the future, and could also make perfect predictions. (Check out our episode on planning for other ideas!)

But vision is bigger than that. Vision means that you look at the present, you understand the past, and you think about where you want to go in the future. It is a deceptively complex skill, because you cannot ever know you are doing exactly the right thing –but if you do not have vision, you and your library go nowhere.

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