Quite often, people struggle to ask for help when they need it . There are a multitude of reasons for…
Change: Outcomes vs Organisational Culture?
To begin with, I’d like to say my own thoughts on this are that this is not a dichotomy; there…
Finding your leadership voice
Within teams, especially leadership teams, it is often difficult to find your voice in the room. This is equally important…
The tensions of leaders
Throughout the variety of roles that I have had at both department, school-wide and trust-wide level, I have learnt about…
To say more, say less and say it better
In the past year I have presented at more meetings than at any other stage in my career. In many…
We’re all tired
Exhaustion does strange things to people; things that we don’t mean to do, or things we used to do that…
Leading Improvement: What I’ve learnt this year
This year as been a strange one for school leaders to say the least. So, when I was asked to…
Making New Skills Stick
Having read Practice Perfect twice now, it is clear how the framework described within it is useful for the development…
Powerful Classrooms
Last week I blogged about the research of Sam Twiselton that has shaped many of my thoughts around the development…
Get Stuff Done
In all my leadership roles, I have had to lead some sort of change. Whether it is improving the results…
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