Additional Reading
Navigating Moods and Emotions and the Peril of Positivity
I recently read an interview with James Taylor where he talked about ‘the precarity of our emotional lives’. Nearly twelve months into a global…
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The Power of One-on-One Meetings: Building Communication and Productivity
The Power of One-on-One Meetings: Building Communication and ProductivityOne to one meetings are the foundation, the engine room of our business. If…
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Why learning to pause helps you be a more effective leader
I recently worked with a team of 30 first time leaders. They’re keen, energetic, all have good track records of being successful…
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Why listening lies at the heart of impactful leadership
Being a leader who listens Leadership life is busy, really busy. We talk about our heads ‘buzzing’, ‘multi-tasking’ and ‘managing distractions’. We…
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Are you who you want to be?
I’ve had good reason to reflect today and gone back to a question I was asked a few years ago by a…
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Moving on from Headship: Where do you start?
Many of us with careers in education came into the work expecting we’d always be in teaching or education leadership. Our passion…
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Leadership and learning are indispensable to one another
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to one another.” John F. Kennedy neatly lands his point. Why? Well, because the success organisations and…
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New year, new term, time for a new habit?
I recently saw Steve Huffman co-founder and chief executive of the online discussion forum Reddit sharing three tips for success. ‘Really the job is…
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Good Reads: The Heart Aroused by David Whyte
The Heart Aroused is a great read for anyone grappling with what it means to keep humanity in the daily experience of…
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VP of People – The First 100 days: Using a Design Process for Planning
Earlier this year I was asked by Slava Kremerman, CEO at Zen Educate to be their new and first VP of People.…
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