I have just had an epiphany. Again. I blame my ability to read and social media. It is not a bad thing – on the contrary it is a powerful tool for reflection. This is what I like about social media. It is full of hidden wonders waiting to be discovered, and much like Forest Gump’s…
Category: leadership
We Grow When We Are Challenged!
Forgive me dear reader (all two of you), for I have been remiss! It has been some time since my last posting. I should feel guilty and I should be berating myself for not publishing, but instead, I am going to be a little kinder on myself. It is not like I haven’t been writing…
Teams Are About People – Lessons From The All Blacks
It has been an exciting month or so.A potent mix of adrenaline, passion, drive, commitment, leadership, and raw power splashed with a dash or two of testosterone. What is this wonderful excitement she speaks of, I hear you ask?Rugby.Not the grass roots garden variety, but the real (Richie) Mcaw kind. Over the last month of…
Sources of Inspiration #EdBlogNZ
The last three weeks have been busy in the ‘blogosphere’ with the #EdBlogNZ challenges. One of this weeks tasks is to write about what have been my top three sources of inspiration over the last three weeks. It almost feels like a trick question. Top Three Sources of Inspiration 1. ULearn This was my first…
It’s All About The Blog! #EdBlogNZ
I thrive on challenges and I love to blog. Combining the two – now that’s just going to have to be magic! It’s ironic really – since the 3pm bell heralded the end of what can only be described as a ‘mare’ of a term, I think I have subconsciously checked out of of the…
Building Capital to Build Capacity
I belong to a PPLG (principal’s’ professional leadership group) and we have been reading ‘The Principal – Three keys to Maximizing Impact” by Michael Fullan. At our meeting last week, we focused on chapter three, The First Key – Leading Learning. It is a fairly substantial chapter, and it covers a wide range of things…
Metaphorical Leadership
Last week I was fortunate to hear BrendanSpillane for the second time, only on this occasion I was able to be in a workshop with him for the entire day, and I was able to bring other members of my SLT (Senior Leadership Team) with me. Last time, he was a keynote at the NZPF…
The Loss of Potential
It is interesting the things that make us unite as a people. Take Cecil the Lion. People around the world are angry and upset. I’m not going to rehash that here, I’ll leave that to others. I will however say this. By all…
Fostering Innovation
There are a few things in Education that spin my wheels. The thing that spins them the fastest is innovation. Today I was asked if I was going to blog about the Innovations Team we set up at our place earlier this year, and given I was asked by someone who is pretty innovative…
Investing in People – Why It Matters
I was scrolling through my twitter feed last term when the tweet above caught my eye. In all honesty, Jason’s tweets often catch my eye, but this one was particularly salient in that it absolutely resonates with me, both philosophically and situationally. Let me explain. Philosophically I am a very strong believer in growing and…