Outlining vision and leading strategy
Having attended various leadership interviews over the past two year, including applying for the role I was currently in as part of a leadership reorganisation (successful), I always saw interviewing as an opportunity to glean all that was good from …
Grit may be as essential as talent to high accomplishment. Angela Duckworth Whilst listening to an RSA podcast on creativity the keynote speaker sign posted the work of Angela Duckworth and her investigations into adherence or ‘grit.’ I added a post-it …
A while back I signed into Zintro (link to the success stories). One day I would love to be more involved in ‘education thinking’ but recognise that I still have a lot to learn from working at the coal face, plus I love being …
It’s not how good you are, it’s how good you want to be. – Paul Arden Paul Arden was formerly the Executive Creative Director at Saatchi & Saatchi during its heyday, responsible for some of the greatest campaigns of British advertising. Who better to …
The post follows on from the earlier investigation and visits to schools looking to address the inefficiencies of this ‘typical’ parent and carer events. You know the ones…. where teachers sit around the outside of a main hall and spill …
I know, it is a bizarre post title and as bizarre an assembly introduction. So here is my explanation. At short notice I was asked to step in and deliver our assemblies this week, the theme – cooperation. Now this …
The most recent example of where my experience, specialist knowledge and skills have been combined with a mature awareness of the process of strategic change, is the research, collaboration and design of a ‘Learning Circle’ for Department improvement. I have …
Decision making is a process, not an event. Joan Sjøvoll The unit had a heavy slant towards communication but also worked around the concept of organisational culture, what the unit referred to as the psychological contract. There were practical examples …
