In the lead up to my session at ResearchED Rugby on 15th June, I am serialising a chapter from my upcoming book on school leadership. If you want to find out more, come along. In Part 2 of this series of posts, I considered how intelligent we need our leaders to be. The conclusion was … Continue reading Do we need clever leaders? (pt3)
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Do we need clever leaders? (pt2)
In the lead up to my session at ResearchED Rugby on 15th June, I am serialising a chapter from my upcoming book on school leadership. If you want to find out more, come along. In Part 1 of this series of posts, I considered how intelligent we want our leaders to be. The conclusion was … Continue reading Do we need clever leaders? (pt2)
Do we need clever leaders? (pt1)
In the lead up to my session at ResearchED Rugby on 15th June, I am serialising a chapter from my upcoming book on school leadership. If you want to find out more, come along. Part 1: Do we want our leaders to be clever? “Who's the more foolish, the fool, or the fool who follows … Continue reading Do we need clever leaders? (pt1)
When first we seek to control
Generic management practices run rife in many schools, and we’re beginning to wake up to how pervasive and damaging they can be. Flight paths appear to be the latest target for disdain. I’m all for rooting out the rot. However, we also need to understand how the rot set in, else it will happen again, … Continue reading When first we seek to control
The Substance Project
Some encounters I've had recently have made me realise that some of the stuff I write actually gets read, and has even been well received. It is a funny thing. Blogging is often like launching one of those spacecraft out in to the universe, never to return, hoping that some alien race will intercept it … Continue reading The Substance Project
I think and I know things
In Episode 2, Season 6 of Game of Thrones, my favourite character, Tyrion Lannister, utters his greatest line. The moment is thus: Tyrion Lannister: Dragons do not do well in captivity. Missandei: How do you know this? Tyrion Lannister: That's what I do. I drink and I know things. A version of this quote occurs … Continue reading I think and I know things
Ethics is an economic problem
The grandly titled ASCL Ethical Leadership Commission have published their final report which sets out a moral framework for school leadership 'to support leaders in their decision-making and in calling out unethical behaviour'. This is a laudable piece of work. I am one of the voices, to which they refer, calling for a more ethical … Continue reading Ethics is an economic problem
The domain of senior leadership (II)
Following on from two posts here and here in which I made a case for the importance of leadership knowledge, and against the idea of generic leadership competencies, this series of posts will explore the parameters of a domain of knowledge to be developed by all school senior leaders. Part 1 can be found here. … Continue reading The domain of senior leadership (II)
The domain of senior leadership (I)
Following on from two posts here and here in which I made a case for the importance of leadership knowledge, and against the idea of generic leadership competencies, this series of posts will explore the parameters of a domain of knowledge to be developed by all school senior leaders. *** Part 1: Overlapping roles and … Continue reading The domain of senior leadership (I)
What remains
I've just finished Robert Peston's book WTF? (that's what it is called, not my attempt to sound cool). It is about Brexit and politics, which won't be everyone's idea of a good read. I liked it. It passed the time and I learnt a few things. What I take away from the book is that … Continue reading What remains
