Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Designing Effective Teams For Technical Services: The Role Of Leadership, Followership, And Group Emotional Intelligence, Emily A. Hicks

Roesch Library Faculty Presentations

Teams make better decisions, develop more creative solutions, and achieve a higher level of productivity when the group has a high level of trust, a sense of group identity, and a sense of group efficacy. This presentation will discuss the role of leadership, followership, and group emotional intelligence in teams and the implications for library technical services. Good followership is vital in today’s highly collaborative, team-oriented libraries because the line between leaders and those they lead is often blurred. The key to defining followership, as in leadership, lies with the relationship between leaders and followers. Effective followers possess skills that …