Leadership

Our 4000 Weeks; the Fragility of Life

It’s been a rollercoaster of couple of months in which the fragile nature of life has been brought to the fore.  Listening to Andy Cope (@beingbrilliant) at the beginning of September, his thought provoking “from the moment we are born we have on average 4000 weeks of life” has resonated strongly.  We decide how we live those 4000 weeks; for some people it is sadly much less and others may have more. Continue reading →

On Holding Your Nerve on Results Day

The saying goes, “You’re only as good as your last Progress 8 score.”  If that is true then we have got ourselves into a right mess; we’re looking down the wrong end of the telescope.  You need the wide view. Continue reading →

On Reaching the Point of Retirement

Please don’t ask me; I’ve no ideas where the years have gone. Nearly thirty two years ago I walked into Notre Dame School, Blackburn as a probationary teacher and the intervening years are now all a bit of a blur. In a “this much I know” reflective moment; I’ve worked too hard, on too many of the wrong things, for too long throughout my career.

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