Adopting the Executive Mindset

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Adopting the Executive Mindset

• The Key to Sustaining Value
• Janice R. Lachance
• CEO
• Special Libraries Association

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Information Overload
Pace of Change
Pressure to Adapt
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Information professionals
operate
intersection
at the
of
information gathering,
analysis,
and
decision-making.

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73 percent of executives spend 2 to 4 hours a
week searching for information.
1,000 per week in searching and NOT running
their business.
Knowledge value is often
far greater than financial value.
(Market value Financial Value Knowledge
Value)
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40 percent of organizations do not have an
information strategy.
59 percent have an information team or manager.
Top 5 Information Management Challenges
Information Overload
Improving the Quality of Internal Information
Information Assurance
Integrating Structured/Unstructured Information
Integrating Content Management and
Document Management with Search
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The Biggest Benefits of
Information Management?
Improving Business Processes
Increasing Productivity
Improving Customer Satisfaction
Improving Collaboration
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Where can an information professional have an
impact?
How far can an information professional drive
value?
Who needs information professionals?
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If you dont like change, youre going to like
irrelevance even less.U.S. Army General Eric
Shinseki
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Service Orientation
Collaboration
Diversity
Transparency
Environmental Consciousness
Innovation
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Service Orientation
Collaboration
Diversity
Values
Transparency
Environmental Consciousness
Innovation
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Do you feel like this is where you sit in the
organization??
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But would your perspective change if you were up
here?
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Walk a mile in your CEOs moccasins
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The ability to perceive and imagine, predict and
hypothesize, and to conclude and reflect.
Conceptual thinking is...
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Do You Need A Whole New Mind?

• Six Essential Aptitudes
• Storytelling
• Design
• Symphony
• Empathy
• Play
• Meaning

Dan Pink Author, A Whole New Mind
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Embrace and create change.
Be aware of your value and your values.
Create a vision for executive leadership.
Build the capacity for conceptual thinking.
Have the courage to make decisions.
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Is this your best bet for success?
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For more information JLachance_at_sla.org or
www.sla.org