Frei components of Trust
I want to talk to you about how to build and rebuild trust, because it’s my belief that trust is the foundation for everything we do. – Frances Frei Up until know, my professional interest in trust has been focused …
Leadership
Outlining vision and leading strategy
No such thing as “extra-curricular”
We are all well aware that since becoming Ofsted’s chief inspector back in January 2017, Amanda Spielman made it clear that curriculum will be a key focus. Then in the next breadth, one expects to hear the terms, “breadth and …
nrocks18 sessions
We travelled up the night before, enjoyed staff time together and walked in beautiful sunshine to Leeds Beckett Campus. We soaked up the welcoming atmosphere (a little more familiar and established than Southern Rocks) before heading to the sports hall …
#nrocks18
Four teachers from our school have travelled up from Hindhead in Surrey to support our older sister, Northern Rocks, #nrocks18, at Leeds Beckett University. Again, the turn out demonstrates the appetite for self directed professional development. Why are we here? We …
Oxytocin – trust chemical
The good news – experiments around the world have shown that humans are naturally inclined to trust others. The bad news, they don’t always. Back to the good news – neuroscience tells us that the amount of oxytocin we produce, predicts …
Accountability for 12%
The interim review phase of leadership reminded me to search out a bookmarked social media post from Thomas Rogers. Targets (I implore you to not use that term “aims / objectives”) were set back in October. We are approaching internal and external assessments and …
Compelling Leadership – part 3
With six of the ten key practices that engender trust between a leader and their staff reviewed, there are four to cover. How trusted are you as a leader? In this, the third instalment of my review Compelling Leadership: The importance …
Compelling Leadership – part 2
How trusted are you as a leader? In this, the second instalment of my review Compelling Leadership: The importance of trust and how to get it with potted self-reflections, I work through the next three key practices that engender trust between a leader …