Blog

10 Jul 2017

What training, guidance or expectations have been shared with you on working with parents? Who is expected to say hello first? Which parents do you welcome, which parents do you fear?

04 Jul 2017

How proactive or reactive is your leadership style? What impact is this having on the functionality of your team?

17 Jun 2017

How do the staff in your school use their staffroom? Indeed, do you still have a staffroom?

22 Mar 2017

Absolutely, I agree that coaching is not for everyone but I still had to resist the urge again to want to convince my colleague of another interpretation.

10 Jan 2017

The absence of the teacher's needs in the overt presence of the students appears to be robbing the teacher of some much-needed talk time.

04 Jan 2017

What do students get from (schools, teachers, headteachers) constant drive for perfection? The 'good enough' concept might have the answer.

29 Sep 2016

How does the leader ensure he pays enough attention to all the staff and not ignore the ones that are quietly getting on with it?

13 Sep 2016

What or whom will be the first to raise your hackles this term? What will your typified response be? What would you like it to be?

15 Jul 2016

"I have just realised that I am hopeless at listening". A breakthrough moment that shows the difficulty of coaching. The challenge of identifying and admitting your limitations.