Hope and rats
Curt Richter conducted a series of experiments looking at how long rats survive drowning. It is an interesting, albeit a bit sick, paper. Most wild rats dies between 1 and 15 minutes after being...
Category: Leadership
School improvement planning
Traditional A long plan with a multitude of priorities and things to do. Impact? Very little! Across multiple schools I have seen that these plans simply gather dust. They certainly don’t help guide decision...
Leadership Behaviours
Model High Expectations and no excuses Be clear and explicit about your personal values, drive and mission and those of the school Model outstanding teaching and learning Be visible around school, supporting and showing...
Fierce Practice: From Legislated Optimism to Radical Transparency
Based on Susan Scott : Fierce Leadership Weak leaders want agreement. But fierce leaders want to know the truth. As leaders, we need to encourage those we lead to tell us the whole truth,...
Fierce Leadership
Fantastic book based around Susan Scott’s idea that you change the world ‘one conversation at a time’. Highly applicable to school leadership. Key Takeaways: Squid Eye. Squids are impossible to see. So instead you...
Right to Lead Maxwell (Kindle)
A good summary of Maxwell’s other leadership books. This is also its weakness as if you have read his other works it is primarily quotes from those books. Summary Men are alike in their...
Inspiring leadership
An interesting read. Some key thoughts: Inspire – to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit, to ignite, inflame Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a...
Brilliant At The Basics
This is adapted from an excellent article *’Brilliant at the Basics of Business’* Nicholas Bate 1. Talk normally. Keep it jargon free. 2. Human beings are wired to pay attention to first impressions. So...
Assessing Leadership In School
Your Leadership Purpose – How would you describe the foundational purpose of your leadership role? Your Assessment – How would you assess your present school environment? Creativity: Tapping into one’s imagination, resourcefulness, ingenuity, inventiveness,...
Expectations of SLT
Key Behaviours to be an effective Leader Dedicated time to Think Make time for yourself that has priority Have a list of topics that you need to think about Dedicated time to Network...
