Pausing for breath
I have to admit, although there has been little time to write and reflect, I haven’t prioritised time to write and reflect either. Here is a quick update, as I pause for breath before heading backing the England. I returned …
Leadership
Outlining vision and leading strategy
Supervision for coaches, mentors and why not teachers?
As part of the ILM Level 5 Coaching Award I had to provide a justification for reflective practice and supervision as part of the ongoing professional development requirements of coaches or mentors. Of course, as first and foremost a teacher, …
An International Virtual Interview, Part 2
This is the third in a series of posts co-written by myself and Amy Illingworth, an educator from the U. with whom I connected on Twitter. You will learn more about each of us and why we connected as you …
Feedback for Coaching
This afternoon I have been considering the role of feedback in the coach-client relationship. The importance of feedback is central to coaching. It is outlined in the contract and central to the process, closing and evaluation of the coaching relationship. …
Leaders of tomorrow
In his “Global Research Report: Be Exceptional – Tomorrow’s Leadership and the Necessary Revolution in Today’s Leadership Development” Hawkins report connects with two early posts that summarises my understanding of systemic or team coaching. It also includes an interesting letter …
High Performing Teams
Along side my personal interest in coaching and organisational design, I have encountered ‘team coaching.’ Given schools are essentially a team of teams (often hierarchical in structure), school leaders may be wise to know more about how they are created, …
60-30-10 Rule – teams
Following on from the post on Team Coaching, here is a short follow-up on the 60-30-10 rule as applied to team. It is particularly relevant to education – and I will explain why after you have a handle on it. …
Team Coaching
Seeing education from an organisational design (OD) perspective is a relatively recent shift in my leadership thinking. Add coaching to that mix and you can see how I myself at this fascinating junction. Coaching and mentoring for education has been …