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
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July 26, 2023
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
May 25, 2023
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
April 7, 2023
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
March 10, 2023
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
January 27, 2023
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
January 10, 2023
“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
September 2, 2022
I recently saw Steve Huffman co-founder and chief executive of the online discussion forum Reddit sharing three tips for success.  ‘Really the job is all about time and stress management more than … Continue Reading
September 1, 2022
The Heart Aroused is a great read for anyone grappling with what it means to keep humanity in the daily experience of work; what David Whyte calls the ‘preservation of … Continue Reading
May 3, 2022
Earlier this year I was asked by Slava Kremerman, CEO at Zen Educate to be their new and first VP of People. I hadn’t been looking for a permanent role. … Continue Reading
November 22, 2021
The Art of Innovation by Tom Kelley with Jonathan Littman. Jono Hey, Chief Product Officer at Zen Educate mentioned this book during a ‘Lunch and Learn’ for the team a … Continue Reading
August 30, 2021
Successful leadership is about the impact we have on those around us, and the extent to which we enable those we lead to be the best possible version of themselves. … Continue Reading
April 21, 2021
There’s a Chinese saying; ‘Because the fish are the last ones to know about the sea’. The writer alerts us to the complacent state we can all occupy. Once immersed … Continue Reading
September 17, 2019
Someone wise once said, ‘We can be certain of two things, you will die and you will pay taxes.’ Not quite everyone does the latter it seems, but I get … Continue Reading
July 13, 2019
A message popped up on LinkedIn from Amir Zeid, Professor of Computer Science at the American University of Kuwait. ‘I’m the curator for a TEDx at the University – would you like … Continue Reading
