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The Not So Magnificent 7 for The Education Workforce
Introduction Whether you’re a new member of the profession, a “returner” or it’s back to work next week, here are a few ideas that might help in our re framing how we deal with challenging situations....
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Workforce Voices-The Value and Benefits of Listening
Premise Can listening to and engaging with a workforce make a positive contribution-we believe it can as long as it is honest, authentic and can show that a “difference for the better” has emerged. We...
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Schools & Behaviour-Getting It Right.
Premise: The August riots-a tragedy in their own right-have presented a golden opportunity to an ever-present mob of reactionary voices that all too easily fall into a time-worn, clichéd dialogue...
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Alternatives to “No”
Introduction At first sight this might seem particularly relevant to parents, carers and educationalists: there are some stronger messages with wider implications here that might be helpful in a number...
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The Not So Magnificent Seven: In fact They’re A Nuisance,
It’s very easy to get into situations when our assumptions and sometimes damaging beliefs about ourselves, our relationships with and expectations of people “get in the way” of progress. It happens to...
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Delays In Seeking Help
There’s an unhealthy feel about work for too many people. “Run harder and faster, jump higher and longer and do this without complaint because there’s a queue of people waiting to do your job if you...
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Punish or Restore?
Restorative Processes for Learning Organisations. We’ve heard a lot this week about the number of cases where an apology has effectively closed the issue. The populist media response was predictable...
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Honest: I’m Ambivalent-Or Am I?
Our work with Leadership Teams takes us to some interesting places and processes. Meetings fascinate me, from trying to discern the “Real Business” to looking at the many masks that are worn, removed...
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Do We Need To Realign Our Thinking and Teaching Here?
[contact-form] Background I dislike with a passion when I hear about young people and failure-glib and poorly researched headline grabbers. If we think about it a little, maybe we should have tried to...
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Four Powerful Positions When Establishing Yourself
I’ve been working with a client today and the discussion moved on to how we establish our presence in a manner that is credible, authentic and flexible. Here’s an adaptation an approach used in...
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