Staff development opportunities at work : building leadership skills / Jennifer Rutner -- Guidelines for knowing and showing : from good to great bosses / Mary Evangeliste -- The power of trust in cultivating new leaders / Kim Leeder -- Coaching from the ground up : building goal-oriented relationships / Scott Collard -- Mentoring new librarians : the good, the bad, and the ugly / Antonia Olivas -- From paraprofessional to department head : lessons in cultivating a new professional / Stephen Brooks -- The librarian as researcher : support for research and modeling a research mind-set / Cat Saleeby McDowell -- Getting the big picture through participating in library-shared governance / Toni Anaya -- Campus connections : building a library and campus leader / Alanna Aiko Moore -- Leadership training programs and institutes : models for learning to lead / Mark A. Puente -- Tilling fresh ground : cultivating minority librarians for library leadership through programs and initiatives / Tamika Barnes McCollough and Iyanna Sims -- Networking as staff development : introductions, invitations, and associations / Miguel A. Figueroa -- Staff development through association conferences and meetings, or, The developing of a Latino librarian / Ida Z. daRoza -- Professional service on national library committees : developing the skills to lead / Georgie L. Donovan -- Non-library conferences for development / Joseph Nicholson -- Supporting active conference participation by new staff / Monecia Samuel -- Community engagement and advocacy : skills and knowledge to expand library services / Annabelle Nunez.