Last week I received an unsolicited invitation to pay for a webinar on supporting coaching clients with ‘Imposter Syndrome.’ The promotional materials included a deliberately alarming list of its supposed… Continue reading The Myth of Imposter Syndrome: What if You’re Just Accurately Self-Aware?
Author: Helen Woodward
The Power of One-on-One Meetings: Building Communication and Productivity
One to one meetings are the foundation, the engine room of our business. If they’re led well we get to know our teams and what motivates them, show we care… Continue reading The Power of One-on-One Meetings: Building Communication and Productivity
Coaching Leaders in a Rapidly Changing World.
New ways of coaching, new ways of being. I first became interested in coaching back in 2006 when I was a Leadership Programme Leader at the Uni of Manchester. I… Continue reading Coaching Leaders in a Rapidly Changing World.
Why learning to pause helps you be a more effective leader
I recently worked with a team of 30 first time leaders. They’re keen, energetic, all have good track records of being successful in previous roles and are now leading teams.… Continue reading Why learning to pause helps you be a more effective leader
Why listening lies at the heart of impactful leadership
Being a leader who listens Leadership life is busy, really busy. We talk about our heads ‘buzzing’, ‘multi-tasking’ and ‘managing distractions’. We all know listening is important, but focusing on… Continue reading Why listening lies at the heart of impactful leadership
Navigating Moods and Emotions and the Peril of Positivity
Cornish Flowers – Niall Woodward I recently read an interview with James Taylor where he talked about ‘the precarity of our emotional lives’. Nearly twelve months into a global pandemic we’re all… Continue reading Navigating Moods and Emotions and the Peril of Positivity
Five things I wish I’d known before I started leading a team (and five things that helped me!)
It was January and my new baby was four weeks old. I was besotted and so happy to be a mother of a beautiful baby boy. I’d started my MA… Continue reading Five things I wish I’d known before I started leading a team (and five things that helped me!)
Are you who you want to be?
I’ve had good reason to reflect today and gone back to a question I was asked a few years ago by a year 5 child at a school in Salford.… Continue reading Are you who you want to be?
Moving on from Headship: Where do you start?
Many of us with careers in education came into the work expecting we’d always be in teaching or education leadership. Our passion for teaching and learning, alongside the knowledge that… Continue reading Moving on from Headship: Where do you start?
Leadership and learning are indispensable to one another
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to one another.” John F. Kennedy neatly lands his point. Why? Well, because the success organisations and their ability to learn, adapt and grow is… Continue reading Leadership and learning are indispensable to one another