ZONAINA A.

SAMPAYAN MLIS-2 November 7, 2022

MLIS 315: Leadership & Management for Library & Information Centers

Title of Article: From Leading to Guiding, Facilitating, and Inspiring: A Needed Shift for the
21st Century

Author’s Views:

The most in-demand abilities in the workplace in the twenty-first century include
problem-solving, creativity, critical thinking, cooperation, and communication. As a result, those
in roles sometimes referred to as "leadership" must make a crucial change and go from directing
to motivating, facilitating, and guiding. The author of this essay reviews research on two
leadership philosophies—transactional and transformational—and connects it to discussions of
the same two categories of aptitude. According to studies on how well leaders foster innovative
problem-solving, the transformational style is more effective. Leaders serve as facilitators of
information collecting and exchange from many sources, guides in the process rather than the
content, and role models since they themselves demonstrate effective problem-solving behaviors.
They serve as examples for others, encouraging them to take chances, think creatively, and work
together. Examples of how to spot extraordinarily talented leaders and what to look out for are
given. Also described is an evidence-based approach for identifying, developing, extending, and
enhancing exceptional leadership talent.

Argument on Methodology Used:

The researcher used a descriptive study design, and only specific models used for
different types of leadership style are displayed. As a result, the researcher performs extensive
research on leadership styles and thoroughly examines it while citing the opinions of numerous
authors.
Your Judgement as to Value of the article:

The evidence-based models in REAPS support many experiences relevant to the growth
of exceptional leadership capability. The Prism of Learning aids educators and students in
recognizing and cultivating the variety of skills that make up effective leadership. The
DISCOVER curricular model assists teachers in presenting closed and semi-open problems
within the general focus on open-ended problems and in selecting open-ended problems as the
primary focus for real-world problem solving. To help students understand how diverse interests
and perspectives need to be taken into account and integrated into their solutions if they are to be
successful as transformational leaders, problem-based learning contributes an emphasis on the
real-world nature of problems with its corresponding inclusion of various stakeholders. Students
have a role model to emulate that will help them to become process coaches for their own
collaborative groups in the future when teachers support their process and give them ownership
of their solutions and the methods they use to put their plans into practice.

Implications or Applications to Management of Library:

Transformational leaders who themselves possess the 21st-century abilities of creativity,

critical thinking, teamwork, and communication will be necessary to address the unprecedented,
complex issues affecting our way of life and the ecosystems in which we live. Not to solve the
issues themselves, but to direct, facilitate, and encourage others to acquire and apply these talents
by setting an example and assisting others in the problem-solving process, we need these
extremely gifted leaders. In terms of style and motive, they are transformational as opposed to
transactional. These inspiring leaders are driven by a genuine desire to improve the world rather
than by a desire for material gain such as money, power, or influence. Young children and young
people already demonstrate remarkable leadership talent by encouraging others, assisting in
group conflict resolution, understanding and controlling their own emotions, and discussing
moral principles like justice, honesty, and sharing. They can actualize this potential and develop
into the leaders we so desperately need if these traits are sparked, fostered, and expanded through
Real Engagement in Active Problem Solving, in which they collaborate with their peers and
design solutions to real-world problems that are of concern to them.

Reference:

Maker, C.J. (2021). From Leading to Guiding, Facilitating, and Inspiring:

A Needed Shift for the 21st Century. Educ. Sci. 2022, 12, 18.
https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12010018