What if the right thing is the wrong thing?
Teachers are generally a pretty conventional lot. We try to do the right thing, firstly by our students; by their parents; by our colleagues; by the system… Lots of expectations […]
Tag Archives: Practice
Now you see me, now you don’t: the visible/invisible leader
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 […]
Leadership Flotsam
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 