Leveraging the Listening Tour as a Strategy to Help Library Leaders Acclimate to a New Organization.
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| Title: | Leveraging the Listening Tour as a Strategy to Help Library Leaders Acclimate to a New Organization. |
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| Authors: | Hughes, Jeremy1 jhughes8@uw.edu, Vossler, Joshua2 joshua.vossler@wku.edu, Pate, Adam N.3 anpate@olemiss.edu, Fuentes, David4 david.fuentes@mso.umt.edu |
| Source: | Library Leadership & Management. 2026, Vol. 39 Issue 2, p1-13. 13p. |
| Subject Terms: | *Library administration, *Corporate culture, Leadership, Organizational change, Change management, Organizational behavior, Organizational socialization, Stakeholder analysis |
| Abstract: | Leaders stepping into new roles within a library must engage team members and learn about their new role through dialogue and interaction. Listening tours (LT) have been highlighted in business and popular literature; however, such approaches have received limited attention in academic literature. Through a series of semi-structured interviews with team members, library leaders can learn perspectives on various issues, including organizational needs, challenges, and culture. Effective LTs allow leaders acclimating to a new leadership role within a library or a new institution to start building trusting connections, prioritize steps for change, and take inventory of the organizational support structures that can impact success. This review seeks to provide a background and possible structure for LTs for library leaders at all levels by outlining useful practices for successful LTs, presenting advantages and drawbacks of these strategies, and encouraging leaders to intentionally build associated practices into their next transition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Education Research Complete |
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