Discussion for November - Own your behavious, Master your Communication, Determin your Success

Thank you @Elizabeth for more thought-provoking CPD

Thanks for sharing a great TED talk, @Elizabeth. Plenty of food for thought and some concrete tips for changing our reactions and responses to conversations around us. Specially conversations that have negative undertones re a library's purpose or its importance. This talk will help me to better understand the other person's mode as well not just my own.

I found the whole video really interesting and important. I sincerely believe that the way the librarian behaves is inextricably linked to the behaviour you receive back. Keeping communication going, not pouncing or being judgmental, searching for reasons why students are doing things and giving them boundaries all become tools of the trade once you start practicing them. As you say it leaks into life outside school too - I just wish politicians would embrace a few of these ideas.

4. Did you enjoy this TED talk? Do you think it is useful to listen to this type of talk occasionally?

3. Interestingly, Louise Evans said that when she uses this talk in a business setting the Hedgehog chair is the one that is usually left out. Would you say that this is true as a school librarian?

2. Can you think of a situation (without naming anyone) where you may have achieved something better if you had reacted differently?

1. Can you see how the way you behave/react in different situations, may have an impact on what you can achieve in your school library?