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10 January 2023

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…

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2 September 2022

New year, new term, time for a new habit?

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…

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1 September 2022

Good Reads: The Heart Aroused by David Whyte

The Heart Aroused is a great read for anyone grappling with what it means to keep humanity in the daily experience of…

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3 May 2022

VP of People – The First 100 days: Using a Design Process for Planning

Earlier this year I was asked by Slava Kremerman, CEO at Zen Educate to be their new and first VP of People.…

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1 February 2022

A Team Leadership Journey: Developing Leadership Capacity at Bolton School

Authors:Helen Woodward - Helen MG ConsultingHelen Brandon - Deputy Head, Bolton SchoolLeadership development programmes are in good supply with government funding to…

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22 November 2021

Good Reads: The Art of Innovation

The Art of Innovation by Tom Kelley with Jonathan Littman. Jono Hey, Chief Product Officer at Zen Educate mentioned this book during…

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30 August 2021

Five Books I Wish I’d Read Before Leading a Team

Successful leadership is about the impact we have on those around us, and the extent to which we enable those we lead…

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21 April 2021

Why global connections and overseas professional development matter

There’s a Chinese saying; ‘Because the fish are the last ones to know about the sea’. The writer alerts us to the…

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12 March 2021

Honouring a life taken – in memory of Sarah Everard.

The tragic death of Sarah Everard has left us all reeling, again. We’re confronted with our frailty, mortality, fears and questions about…

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17 January 2021

Navigating Moods and Emotions and the Peril of Positivity

I recently read an interview with James Taylor where he talked about ‘the precarity of our emotional lives’. Nearly twelve months into…

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