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Counter bullying leadership

Counter bullying leadership February 5, 2019February 9, 2021

The emotional labour of leadership

In my attempts to be a thoughtful leader, I’ve reflected on the types of conversations I’ve had recently with school leaders all around the country. As part of my preparation for these articles, I make dot points about what school leaders say their current challenges are. The one that comes out on top every single time is busy-ness. If you ask any school leader how they are, busy has become the answer that, while it might be quite true, they are now socially conditioned to provide.

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Pygmalion leadership in action

The Pygmalion Effect is based on the ancient Greek myth about Pygmalion, a talented but troubled sculptor. Pygmalion was unlucky in love and his many disappointments led him to harbour a grudge against women in general.

Counter bullying leadership February 5, 2019February 9, 2021

Your leadership match fitness

As a coach of school leaders around Australia, I admit that within each coaching session I’m a little bit selfish. Prior to every session I’m determined to be fully present – to listen at my optimum capacity, to provide creative suggestions, to understand the impact and to draw thinking back to our agreed Executive Coaching Framework.

Counter bullying leadership February 5, 2019February 9, 2021

Legacy versus succession planning

In recent years, the term legacy has been far more prominent in leadership circles than in the past. That’s a good thing. It signifies that we’ve moved past succession planning being a focus for leaders as they move through their work to roles potentially outside of their current schools. Succession planning in isolation is assumption laden, because it supposes that there is somebody who can be groomed for the role or that any new leader in the role will want to run the same programs and operate along the same procedures using the same templates.

Counter bullying leadership February 5, 2019February 9, 2021

Behave yourself

There always seems to be an exception to every rule for successful school leadership. You’re supposed to distribute leadership – yet there is always someone on your team who makes this impossible. You’re supposed to be an instructional and practice focused leader – yet there’s the teacher who’s brilliant in the classroom but whose colleagues can’t stand her. And so the conundrum goes on.

Counter bullying leadership February 5, 2019February 9, 2021

Intuitive Leadership

Download a printable copy of this article (PDF 702KB) Stop trying to know everything about schools. Access the untapped ideas in your leadership team. Listen to your intuition and change without recklessness. Focus more on need and purpose than obligation and compliance. Expect and embrace criticism as the price for being intuitive. Most experienced leaders areContinue reading Intuitive Leadership

Counter bullying leadership February 5, 2019February 9, 2021

How would you know what it’s like?

I thought it was a pretty run of the mill conversation about teacher practice. It certainly wasn’t a formal Performance Review conversation. I was simply following up. It was about 3.45 pm and I was visiting the classroom of a teacher who had had a rough day.