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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

Shock Horror

January 4, 2015by pamryan58 2 Comments

OK, so the headline is there to attract attention, but attention-seeking aside, I do experience both those reactions, of shock and of horror, when I recall certain leadership practices I’ve […]

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Education, Leadership

Blog, Blogger, Bloggest

January 1, 2015by pamryan58 Leave a comment

Blogging strikes me as something of a process. The initial foray into the art is having a go at posting that first blog…or maybe two or three. Exponents of the […]

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Education, Leadership

A place for healthy scepticism

December 24, 2014by pamryan58 Leave a comment

Scepticism can be a useful attitude for a leader – the leader’s own scepticism about the latest fads and trends, and the scepticism of others, which, if attended to, can be […]

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Leadership

Putting practice into theory

December 21, 2014by pamryan58 1 Comment

Practitioners are often urged to put theory into practice; to implement new approaches which have been derived from the testing of hypotheses and quality research. The encouragement is well-taken. But […]

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Leadership

Time and space

December 20, 2014by pamryan58 Leave a comment

A constant lament in schools and in workplaces in general is that there is no time – no time to implement changes, to generate new ideas, to engage in professional […]

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Leadership

Ethical Leadership

March 3, 2014by pamryan58 Leave a comment

October 2, 2013 It’s difficult to imagine that any leaders would wish to be labeled as ‘unethical’ or regarded abusive of the power vested in them’. Leaders of today, well-versed […]

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Education, Leadership, Management

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