Coffee Sense
I think the leadership style I have is that I’ve never put myself above anyone else, and I’ve never asked more of anyone than I was willing to do myself. Howard Schultz, chairman, president, and CEO of Starbucks.
Leadership
Outlining vision and leading strategy
Where is ‘There.’
At the entrance to the school reception was a bold red background upon which the schools name was proudly presented. We had arrived at Redbridge Community School. We were met by the Headteacher, Lindy Barclay, and joined in her office …
The New Leaders
To give the book its full title ‘The New Leaders – Transforming the art of leadership into the science of results’ is rather grand and contribute little. I ordered the book after stumbling upon Daniel Goleman’s research here and there and I …
Fierce in Action: Part 2
In my opinion, ‘Fierce Leadership’ was less applicable to an educational setting than ‘Fierce Conversations’ and towards the end of the book I found myself scanning pages rather than reading them. Where I did find valuable content, I would hone …
Lessons for Leaders 101
What do you get, when you don’t get what you want. Experience. This week I witnessed how unforgiving leadership can be. A colleague sharing a wholeschool agenda, with positive staff ‘buy-in,’ working to the benefit of almost all teaching staff …
Fierce in Action: Part 1
Ten years later… after a conversation with a colleague last night, I find myself sharing this post again. It is possibly the most shared post with teachers and particularly teachers and middle leaders working with new line managers. With a …
BBC Two School Season
Adverts, online articles and now short iPlayer clips the bell is ringing loud and clear for a major BBC2 season focusing on education. Two programmes caught my attention; Unequal Opportunities With John Humphrys Monday, 20.09.10 21:00 on BBC Two …
FreeRice 2.0
Moving to the English Department this academic year I was looking for a range of English learning activities, spelling tools and edugames to provide transition activities at the start or end of the lesson. This ‘need’ brought me back to …