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Now you see me, now you don’t: the visible/invisible leader

June 28, 2015by pamryan58 1 Comment

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 […]

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Education, Leadership, Management, Schools

The Art of Insult

June 22, 2015by pamryan58 3 Comments

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 […]

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Education, Leadership, Power

And now… My XYZ of Teams

June 16, 2015by pamryan58 Leave a comment

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 […]

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Education, Leadership, Leadership of teams, Management, Teamwork

Leadership Flotsam

June 11, 2015by pamryan58 Leave a comment

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 […]

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Education, Leadership, Management, Vision

Old Dog, New Trick

May 16, 2015by pamryan58 2 Comments

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, […]

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Education, Writing

Piggies in the Middle? The dilemma of middle leaders

February 7, 2015by pamryan58 Leave a comment

Competing expectations can make life difficult for middle leaders

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Education, Leadership, Leadership of teams, Management

Take the ‘e’ from educates and you get…

January 13, 2015by pamryan58 Leave a comment

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 […]

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Education, Management

The Grey Nomads of Education

January 9, 2015by pamryan58 Leave a comment

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 […]

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Education, Leadership, Uncategorized

My ABC of teams

January 7, 2015by pamryan58 Leave a comment

  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 […]

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Education, Leadership, Leadership of teams, Management, Teamwork

Blurred visioning

January 5, 2015by pamryan58 2 Comments

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, […]

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Education, Leadership, Management, Vision

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