Toddlers play a game where they put their hands over their eyes and magically disappear, only to reappear once those little paws are removed. Their invisibility hinges on their perception […]
Let me immediately establish that I’m not condoning the art of insult. I will admit, however, to a certain fascination for the practice of it. I’m not talking here about […]
Last year I published a blog entitled “My ABC of Teams”. That piece captured some of the qualities I see as integral to a high-performing team, whether it be a […]
Leadership flotsam Shortly before butchering his boss, Shakespeare’s Brutus was heard to say, “There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to […]
Somewhere, I suspect the gods are grinning gleefully, as my ‘red pen ways’ came back to bite. In my later teaching years I had progressed to green or black pen, […]
Competing expectations can make life difficult for middle leaders
Ducats!! Education in the modern-day is increasingly lucrative and attractive to the business world. Schools are springing up all around the globe with the clear charter of making money. Not […]
The grey nomad is typically depicted on a never-ending holiday, traversing the country in a caravan or laying a carbon footprint further afield, and of course, doing the proverbial spend […]
Sometimes people who work together form groups; sometimes they become teams – and there’s a difference. Over many years in leadership I have had the good fortune to work […]
Conventional leadership wisdom counsels that the leader must have vision and that, when new to a position, incoming leaders should revisit the vision and values of the organisation. At interview, […]
