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Self-Assessment

Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire
Developed by Barbara A. Soloman and Richard M. Felder from North Carolina State University
Jung Typology Test
A free online test based on Carl Jung's and Isabel Briggs Myers' typo-logical approach to personality.
Leadership Assessment Tool Inventory-Assess Your Skills
"These exercises assess your ability to apply critical management skills to identify and solve key organizational problems. Distinct from IQ, managerial intelligence can improve through assessment, learning, and practice."

Association for Talent Development
"The Association for Talent Development is the world's largest association dedicated to those who develop talent in organizations."

Libraries Transforming Communities : A Step-By-Step Guide to "Turning Outward" to Your Community
"The tools in this workbook are designed to help libraries strengthen their role as community leaders and bring about positive change in their communities. "
Design Thinking For Libraries Activities Workbook: A Toolkit for Patron-Centered Design
"This toolkit guides you through Design Thinking so you can start coming up with solutions to everyday challenges within the library. Design thinking or human-centered design, is all about starting with people-the users that visit your library."

Turning Outward Webinar Series
"This series of webinars explain, step by step, how to use the “turning outward” approach created by The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation. The approach emphasizes taking steps to better understand communities; changing processes and thinking to make conversations more community-focused; becoming more proactive to community issues; and putting community aspirations first."
Rising To The Challenge: Re-Envisioning Public Libraries
A report of the Aspen Institute Dialogue on Public Libraries published October 2014
Orton Foundation
The Orton Foundation believes the success of communities lies in the hands of their residents. Their website includes a list of community engagement resources including the Community Heart & Soul Field Guide with step by step details of the four phase Community Heart & Soul methodology that was researched and developed over a decade,

Leadership Lesson from Dancing Guy
Amanda Bjorn's has developed a leadership lesson using TEDEd Video from Derek Sivers' YouTube Channel. This leadership lesson is based on a video clip of a shirtless dancing guy. Watch the dancing guy create a movement, from start to finish, in under 3 minutes, and listen as Derek Sivers dissects some fascinating lessons about leaders and followers.