Quantum² Highlights
A newsletter of the Dialog leadership development program for information professionals

Dear Quantum² Member...
As the holidays approach, many of us are looking back at the objectives we set for the year and checking our progress against those goals. Did we follow up on that marketing plan we started, collect the data on a continual basis to prove our ROI, implement the new best practice that we spent weeks researching, build new skills. In other words, at year end, can we show our value to senior management?

While you're in this evaluation mode, why not set aside some time to attend a Quantum² Web session? In the next six months we are offering several new sessions at multiple times during the day to better suit your needs. Take a look at the sessions listed below to choose something appropriate to support your goals and sign up today.

Spotlight on Quantum² InfoStar:
Linda Pauloski

At Dofasco Inc., one of Canada's leading steel producers, Linda Pauloski, Manager, Library Resource Centre (LRC), emphasizes that the success of the LRC depends on the "energy and enthusiasm of the whole LRC team." There are two main ways that Linda and her staff see themselves impacting Dofasco. They seek to reduce uncertainty around decision making and help their customers make decisions more quickly. In addition, the LRC staff plays a networking role in which they encourage communication and the re-use of knowledge to reduce duplication.

To learn more about Linda and the LRC, take a look at http://quantum.dialog.com/infostars/linda_pauloski/

And watch for upcoming biographies.

Quantum² Topic of the Month
The Power Map: How to Target a Potential Champion

The point of building relationships with important people is that your champion or mentor, who has a great deal of respect for your capabilities, can be influenced to help get you invited to join in planning sessions for organizational projects, sponsor your initiatives, make you become valuable in assisting with strategic decisions. Most information professionals who already do this well claim that not only should you have more than one champion, you should continually be cultivating new ones as organizations change so quickly nowadays. But exactly how do you go about finding a champion in your organization?

I was at the LMD consulting luncheon in New York, and a suggestion made by the speaker was to build a "power map" of your organization to show the formal and informal ways power exists in the company. To do this, use an organization chart format, but arrange the people by where they fit based on a specific decision or project. For instance, new product decisions may be determined by strategic marketing rather than product development. Then, using that power map and your knowledge of the current environment in which you work, approach your targeted champion.

For more on this topic, visit http://quantum.dialog.com/q2_resources/management/

As always, your suggestions for workshop topics are welcomed. If you know a friend or colleague who would benefit from Quantum², please encourage them to sign up today.

Regards,
Betty Jo Hibberd
Senior Manager
IPMD, NA
Dialog