Helen,
Thank you for your suggestion. I think that it is a good idea and have
increasingly tried to involve the staff member with new developements in the
library service and ensure that they have a solid role within the library -
with a valued status and tasks. This used to be just the ticket, but appears
to be working less and less. To be honest I have perhaps stopped trying to
involve them as much as I might purely because of the lack of impact this
now has - I think I need to take a step back and try again. Its just very
hard to keep trying when the other individual doesn't seem to want to make
life easier!
Thanks for positive feedback.
Sam
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From: Helen Standish [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 15 January 2004 10:53
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Staff and nonsense
Hello Sam (and list)
It sounds like this staff member is being distracted by their possible
future plans and because of
this, isn't showing any interest in the work they are doing. Do you have any
issues that need
discussing re improving the library service etc, maybe sit down together and
get them involved in
providing ideas. Are there any small projects they could be involved in?
Something they could take
ownership of, to give them something to take responsibility for and feel is
their contribution.
Hope this helps
Helen
Helen Standish (Assistant Librarian)
Library Support Services
Manchester Metropolitan University
Minshull House
47-49 Chorlton Street
Manchester
M1 3FY
0161 247 6559
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>>> Sam King <[log in to unmask]> 01/15/04 09:47am >>>Dear List,Taking a slightly different turn I wonder if I might prompt a newdiscussion.I am experiencing some problems with a fellow staff member and would like toopen the issue up to the floor, as it is one many of us will cover in ourPDRs. Any advice would be most welcome or just a general discussion would beinteresting.Some background:I work as a solo professional (full-time) and have one part-timenon-professional assistant. The staff member in question has been at thecollege for coming up to ten years, some two years prior to my taking overas Librarian. They are self employed for the remainder of the week and thislibrary job is purely a means of earning money. Despite this their worklevel has always been of a good quality and I have always been able to leavethem pretty much to just get on with things. It has become apparent in thelast few months that this is no longer the case. They are becomingincreasingly distracted!
by students, personal issues, bringing personal life
to work , etc. I have begun to feel that they are not pulling their weight
and that perhaps when I am not on duty very little constructive work is
being done. But its quite hard to put my finger on specifics which makes
addressing the problem difficult. Confrontation is not an option (I know
this much from past experience)it causes more problems than it solves. They
have expressed an intention to leave work at the end of this summer and go
travelling around the world, but this isn't certain and leaves the library
in limbo until notice is handed in and there is always the possibility that
they will change their mind and stay.
The main problem is that I have no other professionals to discuss the
problem with and feel very isolated/frustrated by the whole situation. I am
trying not to count on the staff member leaving as this avoids the problem
and makes it worse if they decide to stay:o
Can anyone suggest possible coping strategies? As Lesha mentioned in her
last pre mini-break posting (in reference to another issue) - you catch more
bees with honey than vinegar...
Any suggestions on how this issue can be constructively included in my PDR
would be valuable!
To the floor...
Thanks
Sam
Samantha King
Librarian
NSCD
-----Original Message-----
From: Lesha Fossey [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 15 January 2004 08:01
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: I'm going on a mini-break
Hi all
just to let you know that I am going away on a mini-break for my birthday
and
won't be able to access my email until next Monday. So please don't think
I've
gone all haughty and am ignoring any messages (especially about recent list
events!). I'll be back next week :-)
Lesha
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