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Now and then

Change, Community, Courage, Creativity, Curiosity, Self-awareness, Self-knowledge11 December 2024582Views 0Likes 0Comments

Twenty-five years ago, Carl and I got married, and what a day we had! It poured with rain all day, though my half-French husband-to-be assured me that this, according to the French, was a sign of good luck… and he was right!

An Interview with Dr Jenny Goodman, author of Staying Alive in Toxic Times

Change, Courage, Curiosity14 July 2020592Views 0Likes 0Comments

Dr Jenny Goodman is a woman on a mission, with a clear purpose in mind. I had the opportunity to meet Dr Jenny Goodman last week, when we discussed a whole range of subjects at length; her full and interesting career, the current pandemic and possibilities for a post-COVID world. Most importantly we discussed her…

Small Steps ….

Change, Courage10 April 2020313Views 0Likes 0Comments

End of Week 4 home working and my learning has been huge! But rather than HUGE BIG STEPS, I have learnt to take small consistent steps. The small steps have kept me moving forward in my goals and actions. The small steps have helped me to nurture and grow new relationships around the world. The small steps have helped…

What have your learnt this week?

Change3 April 2020456Views 0Likes 0Comments

End of another week in lockdown. This week has been a turning point for me. Maybe because I’m in the acceptance part of the grief cycle that I have seen circulated in posts this week. Despite saying last week that I didn’t want to meet my family for lunch, what I missed was…

Snow day

Change, Community, Curiosity4 February 2019362Views 0Likes 0Comments

Walking home on one evening the snow was falling thick and fast. I passed adults turning their head to the sky and smiling, children skipping and laughing trying to catch the snowflakes, happy to be outside. This simple four letter word can conjure up so many emotions ranging from the negative to the positive, particularly…

Blue sky thinking

Change9 July 2018323Views 0Likes 0Comments

A few years ago, I was inspired by a fellow coach Kirstie McLaclan to undertake a simple act of using my love of writing letters to send a postcard to myself each time I went away on holiday. We rarely stop thinking about our working life, even when we take time away. Time and change of…

Emotional wellbeing

Community3 July 2018370Views 0Likes 0Comments

Developing the team is one of the best ways any leader can move their organisation forward. But in this current climate when three in four Britons have been stressed at least once over the last year that can seem like an uphill challenge. Emotional wellbeing continues to be a key area for focus in any…

Grow your own superhero team

Community, Creativity25 June 2018414Views 0Likes 0Comments

In this challenging landscape of retention and recruitment issues, growing your own team is critical for any school. One of the easiest ways to build team spirit in a school is to enlist characters from the world of books or comics on dress-up days. Dress-up days have punctuated my days as a Head over the past 20…

Now and then

An Interview with Dr Jenny Goodman, author of Staying Alive in Toxic Times

Small Steps ….

What have your learnt this week?

Snow day

Blue sky thinking

Emotional wellbeing

Grow your own superhero team

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