At last the day arrived which hailed the start of the Thinking outside the borders Library Leadership Institute Programme! I arrived at the The Village - excited, but also with feelings of trepidation. To my surprise and delight I learnt that I shared a room with one of my colleagues from the University of Pretoria, Christelle Steyn. Although Christelle was not in the room, I quickly unpacked and decided to head for the Graduate Centre.
I made a new acquaintance immediately in the person of Martha de Waal from the National Library of South Africa, who offered me a lift to the University of Pretoria campus. We registered and received the long-awaited programme which was packed to the hilt with a varied but exciting schedule.
I found the individual presentations very interesting. It was fun to see the creative ways in which each representative presented themselves. There were much laughter for some of the introductions, e.g. "the tallest girl in the room" (Boniwe Molupi), the "most handsome man in the room" (Andries Kekana) and I even had the opportunity to see the MMM CEO of Me Inc. (Mapula Mokgele) in action!
After the group photograph we attended a drumming session as a tension reliever. I have heard about the beneficial advantages of drumming before, but this was my first experience at drumming. I loved the rhythmic drumming to the beat - even though I had to concentrate sometimes to be in time. I did notice though that our Library Director. Mr Robert Moropa had a very distinct rhythm and he looked like a professional drummer himself!
But we were here to learn, and after dinner we were introduced to the Leadership Assessment Tool by a very competent Hilda Kriel and Ujala Satgoor. Both these ladies, as true leaders, described in great detail the Descriptors and assisted us to score in the questionnaire. I thought this a very useful tool and it helped me to think about the many characteristics necessary for effective leadership.
What an interesting first day!
I made a new acquaintance immediately in the person of Martha de Waal from the National Library of South Africa, who offered me a lift to the University of Pretoria campus. We registered and received the long-awaited programme which was packed to the hilt with a varied but exciting schedule.
I found the individual presentations very interesting. It was fun to see the creative ways in which each representative presented themselves. There were much laughter for some of the introductions, e.g. "the tallest girl in the room" (Boniwe Molupi), the "most handsome man in the room" (Andries Kekana) and I even had the opportunity to see the MMM CEO of Me Inc. (Mapula Mokgele) in action!
After the group photograph we attended a drumming session as a tension reliever. I have heard about the beneficial advantages of drumming before, but this was my first experience at drumming. I loved the rhythmic drumming to the beat - even though I had to concentrate sometimes to be in time. I did notice though that our Library Director. Mr Robert Moropa had a very distinct rhythm and he looked like a professional drummer himself!
But we were here to learn, and after dinner we were introduced to the Leadership Assessment Tool by a very competent Hilda Kriel and Ujala Satgoor. Both these ladies, as true leaders, described in great detail the Descriptors and assisted us to score in the questionnaire. I thought this a very useful tool and it helped me to think about the many characteristics necessary for effective leadership.
What an interesting first day!
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2 comments:
very nice, lady in pint
Dear Elsabe
It sounds as if you already had a lot of fun! Glad you found it useful.
Ina
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