Always Rinse Your Cottage Cheese
johndabell The little things matter but the tiniest things matter more. What do I mean? In a school, there are lots of macro issues that take centre stage and so they…
Leadership
Broken Windows Theory
If you walk by a piece of litter then you have just contributed to breaking a window. Litter attracts more litter and that can soon attract criminal damage. Wilson and…
Two Head Are Better Than One?
They say that ‘two heads are better than one’ but when it comes to leading a school, does this work? When it comes to simplifying educational leadership then having two…
The Six Secrets For Creating Excellent Schools
What are the six secrets of a great school? If you want to know more then take a look at Fallacies in Education: Why Schools Are Mired in Mediocrity by…
School Leaders and RACI
Do you have a Responsibility Assignment Matrix? Some school managers adopt a type of RAM called a RACI framework in order to help them with what needs to happen and…
The 6Es of Organisational Success
The inner-workings of any successful school are fascinating. There are normally a complex mixture of ingredients that get the organisation humming, whistling and turning heads. But there are always some…
Level 5 School Leaders And Hedgehogs
Are your senior leaders level 5 leaders?
Creating A Winning Mindset
The psychology of engagement gets messy and complicated sometimes but it really doesn’t have to be that way. In The Five STEPS to a Winning Mindset, Professor Damian Hughes, author…
The Leadership Code
Do you live by a code of leadership that guides your every step? The army have one and that’s worth sharing – thanks again to Major General Paul Nanson’s inspiring…
Do You Follow The Leader?
How many school staff just play the game of ‘follow the leader’? Following a senior leadership team mindlessly (or just letting them ‘get on with it’) is a dangerous thing…