I have previously written that, Good questions inform. Great questions transform. That led to a degree of self-reflection, and in turn self criticism. The questions I had been asking of myself were challenging, practical, pertinent, though nevertheless, rarely extending beyond “good” or at best “informing.” As a …
Is there collective noun for a group of coincidences? This is a post about four discrete coincidences, the respect for a colleague, a governors meeting, a conference presentation, an interview task, a blog post by John Tomsett, and a tweet from Assistant Headteacher Steve …
You can mandate adequacy, you can’t mandate greatness, it has to be unleased. – Joel Klein How can we make a sustained and profound impact on/in the schools through our leadership? Sian would suggest the impact we seek must come …
In a car, some five years ago, my then Headteacher Ian Knights, informed me I had to get a handle on political conversation. I sighed. Ever since, I have tried to respond to Ian’s call to action. This mornings Deputy …
Outperformance: the ability of an organisation to achieve results that are consistently better than a chosen peer group. The are no shortage of Sir Dave Brailsford MBA, CBE, fans. His ‘marginal gains*’ approach to leading success is simply unpicked in this ‘Investors …
You think I would have learnt by now… ‘Strike while the iron is hot’ or ‘now, is not always the best time to act.’ The subtleties of leadership, perhaps management is more appropriate here. Regularly we are faced with the …
Our invitation to our first leadership seminar shows benefits of being part of a “team.” The growing family of Wellington schools, now six, now enabling more centralised training and collaboration (though understandable that the Chinese school weren’t present this time), …
During most half terms, I try and set aside a morning to update the “Making Sense of Data 0.9.6” booklet. Frustratingly, I still haven’t completed a “final first release 1.0” as I can not seem to keep up with ever …
