Below are a range of blog posts about leadership, and some specifically related to educational leadership, many of these are notes from books I have read.
Small Things Matter … Impact of Leadership
The pointy-haired boss – the frustrating manager featured in Scott Adam’s Dilbert Cartoons. A few weeks ago I was reading Andy Buck’s ‘Leadership Matters’, and there is a section in…
Key Stage 3: the wasted years? – A Summary
In September Ofsted published a report which examined Key Stage 3 provision in secondary schools – this is part of the Ofsted survey and thematic reports; more are available here….
Notes from “This much I know about Love over fear…”
One of the many books that I read over the summer holidays is this book by John Tomsett. This is one of the best books that I have read on…
Notes from ‘Differentiated Coaching’
I read this book about six months ago and have just got round to typing up my notes; I found it less to be about coaching per say; and more…
Notes from ‘The Energy Bus’
“Every morning you have a choice. Are you going to be a positive thinker or a negative thinker? Positive thinking will energise you.” This book is a short book that…
Notes from ‘Who’ by Geoff Smart and Randy Street
As a middle manager in a inner city school one of the activities I spend part of my time is the recruiting of new teachers. In the last academic year…
Practice Perfect
The book is not designed solely for teachers; it offers practical advice on improvement for people in all walks of life. However the tips can be applied by teachers in…
True North
I have just finished reading the book ‘True North’ by Bill George. This is a general leadership book however considering the current state of flux in teaching and constant external…
Useful Resources from Twitter – Leadership
This blog post is primarily for me. A way of remembering things that I have seen on twitter. Six Big Ideas for Educational Technology Leaders: http://d20innovation.d20blogs.org/2012/08/15/six-big-ideas-for-educational-technology-leaders/ Six Big Ideas…
It’s Not About the Coffee – Lessons on Putting People First from a Life at Starbucks
This book written by Howard Behar, a former president of Starbucks international shares his personal philosophy on leadership. It is an interesting read regardless of your opinion of Starbucks, the…