Teams – Day 3 (part 2)
Prioritising time to write has not made it to the top of the priorities list until today (the end of half-term). That is a failing on my part. With hindsight, I should have planned and scheduled less. I am not …
Leadership
Outlining vision and leading strategy
Yuimaru – ‘a circle of people’
It started with reading sports team Coach biographies. John Wooden, Phil Jackson, Mike Krzyzewski (Basketball), Sir Alex Ferguson, Johan Cruyff, Anson Dorrance (Football), Sir Clive Woodward and James Kerr’s Legacy (Rugby) and Dave Brailsford (Cycling) and there were plenty others. …
Teams and Vulnerability-Based Trust (part 1)
I will be honest, time to dedicate to writing has been hard to prioritise. However, some topics I find harder to resist than others: “organisational design,” and trust are almost irresistible. When my professional work encounters both, I tend to …
Thinking about pupil behaviour – in a Special Education setting
I am investing time connecting with others via LinkedIn, learning and thinking hard. This professional learning edventure started with a Team Teach webinar with Dr Alec Clark and Jonathan Newport (Chief Learning Officer and Global Director of Team Teach.) It …
ChatGPT Learner Coach Mark 4
Four iterations on – I believe I have designed a powerful AND flexible ‘Learner Coach‘ PREPARE prompt for ChatGPT that tailors the learning experience to the learners prior knowledge, and confidence, and emphasises subject vocabulary. Here it is in action. …
25 years of writing emails – no BLUF
I first used “Pegasus Mail” at Tauntons College twenty years ago. I have been writing emails ever since and never heard of BLUF. BLUF stands for “Bottom Line Up Front.” It’s a communication strategy that puts the most important information …
Can we teach Leadership? Or should we be considering leading?
Let’s take the first question, that broad and complex question – “Can we teach leadership?” Let’s attempt an answer, borrowing from John Kotter’s familiar framework, and ask three narrower, less complex questions. Arguably yes. Though not to suggest the broad …
Coaching young people – (part 3)
My involvement with “Coaching young people,” was incidental. It arose from a conversation with a trusted parent and led to a Coaching engagement with their son. Their confidence in my Coaching leading to a number of referrals and here we are. …