In schools, we know the importance of building students’ academic confidence – we provide positive feedback and acknowledge their achievements. The recognition of their emerging mastery is critical – when students feel a sense that…

  It’s now common to hear organisations – particularly schools – talk about how they are nurturing lifelong learning. How might leaders benefit from seeing themselves as lifelong learners?   When we talk about the…

  Leaders can be most effective when they model the capacity to reflect and ask questions, rather than having all the answers.   Known Unknowns   In our conventional view of ‘strong’ leadership, we tend…

  Leading a complex organisation is difficult enough in ‘ordinary’ circumstances, let alone in the midst of a global pandemic. The COVID-19 crisis has thrown up all kinds of new challenges for leaders, at a…