The Grey Nomads of Education
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 […]
Category Archives: Leadership
My ABC of teams
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 […]
Blurred visioning
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, […]
Shock Horror
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 […]
Blog, Blogger, Bloggest
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 […]
A place for healthy scepticism
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 […]
Putting practice into theory
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 […]
Time and space
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 […]
Ethical Leadership
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 […]
Pam Ryan 