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...
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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...
Leadership
Some great comments on leadership. Worth a read: “Simply put, (leadership is) the ability to inspire others to achieve shared objectives, and I think the most important word there by far is ‘inspire.’ I...
The Extra Mile: How Schools Succeed
What good schools do: They have dynamic leaders, who lead from the front, set the tone and establish a ‘can do’ culture They shape the curriculum – to serve the needs of their intake...
The Impact of High Expectations
‘To expect defeat is nine-tenths of the defeat itself’ – Henry Louis Mencken Increasingly I have come to the conclusion that High Expectations (of students and staff) is the most important driver for school...
Making Pigs Fly!
Excellent article by Dr Mosbacker regarding what it takes to maintain vision and effectively lead. Be prayerful – remembering that God is sovereign Guard your motive. – be sure that your motive is holy....
The Art of Delegation
“It seems to me that the delegation of tasks (better known as the delegation of control) is a bit like asking a friend to cut your hair. You’re probably better off doing the job...
Leading Schools from Failure to Success, John Bazalgette
An excellent book. Well worth reading. Turning a vicious circle into a virtuous one. The Vicious Cycle A stereotyped negative image in the local community (often with little basis in reality) Poor achievement (SATS/GCSE)...
Unfair Fight for Oxbridge
Sutton report research again shows the disadvantage that state schools children have compared to their public school educated peers. I do not wish to get into a discussion on the justice of this, however,...
