Eight library leaders met with unfortunate fates due to mistakes or distractions. Julie lost her footing on the stairs and was injured. Becky was paralyzed when a chandelier crashed while working. Amy was pushed into a pool by teammates for breaking a rule. Lisa learned the meaning of starvation by dying of hunger. Jessica drowned after falling in a river. Anita froze to death during sleep while contemplating her personality type. Brad choked to death while eating. Jess was killed by a ghost while distracted by a vision for creating something new.

1. A Haunting
Account of the
Gory
Fates of Eight
Library
Leaders

2. For your viewing
pleasure, we present a
tale of 8 library leaders
whose fates were forever
changed*
*For better or worse: you be the
judge…

3. Misjudging the risks of
taking action…

4. descending the steps,
JuLIE lost her traction.

5. While BECKY was faced
with defining
competitive analysis…

6. A chandelier crashed and caused
her paralysis.

7. For disregarding
a ground rule…

8. AMY’S team Mates pushed her into the pool.

9. While waiting to reach
eighty percent…

10. LISA learned what starving
to death really meant.

11. Here lies Jessica
at the bottom of the river…

12. Her Strategic Partnerships
did not deliver.

13. While Contemplating her
Enneagram number…

14. ANITA froze to death in her slumber.

15. While intently listening to
“Straight from the Heart”…

16. BRAD became choked up
while he swallowed his tart.

17. Distracted by a vision
she had to create….

18. jess was
Blindsided by a
ghost of the
Donaldson
Brown Estate.
(could he be an 8?)

19. Thus ends our tragic tale
of leadership and woe;
Take heart, future leaders,
before you go!

21. The end