John Dabell

Watch Your Pink Elephants

December 2, 2021November 8, 2021 johndabell 0 Comments Bill McFarlan

You will have heard of White Elephants but what on earth are Pink Elephants? Pink elephants are the unnecessary negatives

Learning Psychology

Teaching And The Four-Minute Rule

November 30, 2021November 7, 2021 johndabell 0 Comments learning, Steve McDermott

What is the most important part of any lesson? The first four minutes. After that, it doesn’t matter. Game over.

Meetings Productivity Well Being

Are Your Meetings Spent Bikeshedding?

November 25, 2021November 4, 2021 johndabell 0 Comments Cyril Northcote Parkinson, efficiency, meetings, productivity, time management, time wasting

You’re probably guilty of bikeshedding but didn’t even realise. We are all guilty of bikeshedding. But what is it? Bikeshedding,

Communication Productivity Well Being

School Emails And The Napoleon Technique

November 23, 2021November 4, 2021 johndabell 0 Comments delay, emails, Napoleon Bonaparte, postpone, productivity, wellbeing

When it comes to getting things done then sometimes it is better to not actually do anything. This might sound

COVID-19 Leadership Making a Difference Management

Do You Have Chutzpah?

November 18, 2021November 3, 2021 johndabell 0 Comments audacity, chutzpah

There’s a colourful Yiddish word that we don’t hear enough of in education and it is ‘chutzpah’. This basically translates

Leadership Psychology

Under Pressure And T-CUP

November 16, 2021November 16, 2021 johndabell 0 Comments control, Ollie Ollerton, pressure, Sir Clive Woodward OBE

There are times as a teacher and school leader when you are placed under considerable pressure and you have to

Leadership Management Performance

RIP: The Annual Performance Review

November 12, 2021November 12, 2021 johndabell 0 Comments Annual Performance Review, Dan Rockwell, Performance Management

Anyone can start something new. It takes real leaders to stop something old. quote from Dan Rockwell When it comes

Leadership

The Lombardi Rules

November 11, 2021November 2, 2021 johndabell 0 Comments leadership, Vince Lombardi

Some sports coaches know how to get the best out of their teams. They make leadership looks effortless, which of

Leadership Women

The Princessa

November 9, 2021November 7, 2021 johndabell 0 Comments Harriet Rubin

Women have always been spies. That’s a quote from Harriet Rubin’s bestseller The Princessa: Machiavelli for Women. This book argues that

Cancer Well Being

Let The Scanaxiety Begin

November 6, 2021November 5, 2021 johndabell 0 Comments cancer stress, quality of life, Scan-associated distress

Scans are an essential part of cancer treatment and survivorship care. Every 3 months I have a Computed Tomography (CT)

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John Dabell

Watch Your Pink Elephants

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