Growth and Development!

I am not into change management any more...

The trouble with the term change management is that it implies that we are tearing things up and starting again; giving up on the last experiment, the last initiative, the last strategy and replacing it with the latest experiment, the latest initiative, the latest strategy . What we are actually about is growth and development... growing brilliant people and developing their amazing potential to help us change the world for our children and young people, their families and their communities.

Chris

Unless we share it!

"Because we are mortal, every talent, skill, ability we possess, every thought and feeling we ever have, every beautiful sight we ever see, every material possession we own will ultimately be lost. Unless we share it!"
The Practice of Kindness

Start each day positively and optimistically!

The world around us is full of success and failure, inspiration and boredom, happiness and sadness, opportunities and problems. So if you’re looking for success, inspiration, happiness and opportunities, you will find them.

If!

"If colleagues live with criticism They will learn to condemn.
If colleagues live with hostility They will learn to fight.
If colleagues live with ridicule They will learn to be shy.
If colleagues live with jealousy They will learn to feel guilty.
But if colleagues live with tolerance They will learn to be patient.
If colleagues live with encouragement They will learn self-confidence.
If colleagues live with praise They will learn to appreciate.
If colleagues live with fairness They will learn justice.
If colleagues live with approval They will learn to like themselves.
If colleagues live with security They will learn to have faith.
If colleagues lives with acceptance and friendship They will learn to find love in the world."
Chris

"Key characteristics of effective governing bodies"

OFSTED's latest report "Key characteristics of effective governing bodies" provides us with a checklist of characteristics for great governance.

Small is Beautiful!

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. 

It takes a touch of genius, and a lot of courage, to move in the opposite direction."

E.F. Schumacher

ESSENTIAL READING: Toolkit of Strategies to Improve Learning!

Everyone who cares about learning, closing the attainment gap and achieving world class outcomes for all our children and young people should read the latest The Sutton Trust publication; Toolkit of Strategies to Improve Learning.

The Beginning of Wisdom!

"Each of us has... all the time there is. Those years, weeks, hours, are the sands in the glass running swiftly away. To let them drift through our fingers is tragic waste. To use them to the hilt, making them count for something, is the beginning of wisdom."

Eleanor Roosevelt

Nottingham Again!

I visited Nottingham again this week and once again these visits make me realise that great leadership requires passion, energy, commitment and ideas.

And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out in the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together!

"All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sand pit at school.

The Dream Cycle!

I found this brilliant article on the web about The Dream Cycle by Anthony Fernando

"The process of transforming your dreams into reality is the same regardless of what your specific goals are. I’d like to share with you The Dream Cycle. There are six stages in the Dream Cycle and each one of them is very important.

Be grateful for what you have!

I am so lucky and my life is simply brilliant. Reflecting on my success, happiness and well-being I recognise that one of the most important and powerful attributes I possess is gratitude.