Leadership

Letter To All Teachers, New and Old

This summer was spent writing.  Famous last words but I think I’m likely to be a “one book boy”; Liminal Leadership is my attempt to distill thirty years of working in schools into something that is hopefully enjoyable to read and useful to those working in schools. Continue reading →

Where Will All the Leaders Come From? #ThursdayThunk

If you think we’ve got a leadership recruitment problem now; you ain’t seen anything yet.  There’s a tsunami of job vacancies coming over the next five years and a dearth of high quality applicants.  We’re coming to this issue too late and in a piecemeal way.

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Trust is Born Out of Integrity; “I’m Calling Bull$h1t”

Sunday has a metronomic quality about it.  Skype family on the other side of the World, walk to Mass and back, share coffee and time with Cath and a bit of gardening, weather permitting.  By Sunday afternoon I’m working; it has always been thus. Continue reading →