Teaching And The Four-Minute Rule
johndabell What is the most important part of any lesson? The first four minutes. After that, it doesn’t matter. Game over. Well, if we are applying what Steve McDermott says then…
November 2021
Are Your Meetings Spent Bikeshedding?
You’re probably guilty of bikeshedding but didn’t even realise. We are all guilty of bikeshedding. But what is it? Bikeshedding, also known as Parkinson’s law of triviality, describes our tendency…
School Emails And The Napoleon Technique
When it comes to getting things done then sometimes it is better to not actually do anything. This might sound like a recipe for disaster but when we postpone things…
Do You Have Chutzpah?
There’s a colourful Yiddish word that we don’t hear enough of in education and it is ‘chutzpah’. This basically translates as audacity and can be negative or positive. In a…
Under Pressure And T-CUP
There are times as a teacher and school leader when you are placed under considerable pressure and you have to make the right decisions at key moments. In some situations…
RIP: The Annual Performance Review
Anyone can start something new. It takes real leaders to stop something old. quote from Dan Rockwell When it comes to performance management, most teachers have an annual review. But…
The Lombardi Rules
Some sports coaches know how to get the best out of their teams. They make leadership looks effortless, which of course it isn’t. A couple of our great football managers…
The Princessa
Women have always been spies. That’s a quote from Harriet Rubin’s bestseller The Princessa: Machiavelli for Women. This book argues that women should settle for nothing less than greatness. It…
Let The Scanaxiety Begin
Scans are an essential part of cancer treatment and survivorship care. Every 3 months I have a Computed Tomography (CT) scan to assess how well my immunotherapy treatment is going.…
The 5G Network For Positive Living
When people talk about being on the 5G Network then this means something different to me. I have a 5G network of my own: Grit Grind Graciousness Gratitude Giving 1.…