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A Team Leadership Journey: Developing Leadership Capacity at Bolton School
Authors:Helen Woodward - Helen MG ConsultingHelen Brandon - Deputy Head, Bolton SchoolLeadership development programmes are in good supply with government funding to…
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Good Reads: The Art of Innovation
The Art of Innovation by Tom Kelley with Jonathan Littman. Jono Hey, Chief Product Officer at Zen Educate mentioned this book during…
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Five Books I Wish I’d Read Before Leading a Team
Successful leadership is about the impact we have on those around us, and the extent to which we enable those we…
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Why global connections and overseas professional development matter
There’s a Chinese saying; ‘Because the fish are the last ones to know about the sea’. The writer alerts us to the…
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Strategic or scenario planning? Which do you need when?
Someone wise once said, ‘We can be certain of two things, you will die and you will pay taxes.’ Not quite everyone…
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Speaking at a TEDx – the learning, wonder and joy!
A message popped up on LinkedIn from Amir Zeid, Professor of Computer Science at the American University of Kuwait. ‘I’m the curator…
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Off the Beaten Track: What School Improvement Looks Like in the Mid-Hills of Nepal
A Message from the Mountains The text message from Kamal, a headteacher in rural Nepal, read: “I couldn’t send you a message…
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