AND FINALLY THIS YEAR!

Another Christmas and for me 2013 has been another great year...

A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE!

"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don’t and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said that it’d be easy, they just promised it would be worth it."

SHEFFIELD COLLEGE

I visited The Sheffield College again yesterday with Mike Garnock-Jones to see Heather McDonald, the College Principal, and Caroline Morrison, who leads for the College on the Made in Sheffield programme.

THE DNA OF GOOD DECISIONS!

The DNA of Good decisions.

Great decisions come from saying "I don’t know"

The higher the questions/statements ratio the better

Great decisions come from external awareness

You need to think long term

You can make mistakes, even big ones and prevail.

 By "Jim Collins"

TEN KEYS TO LEADERSHIP GREATNESS!

10 Keys to Leadership and Management Greatness.

1. Maintain absolute integrity.
2. Know your stuff
3. Share your vision
4. Show total commitment
5. Be positive and expect positive results
6. Take care of people
7. Put duty before yourself
8. Stand out in front
9. Be decisive
10. Focus on and do what matters

by "Jim Collins"

A MESSAGE ON SUNDAY!

At the end of a tough week, for those on the front line in schools, this is worth reading.
"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 sandpile at Sunday School. 

LEAD, COACH AND MOTIVATE!

I wonder how the workforce in our schools feels this weekend after the last week where we had the publication of Sir Michael Wilshaw's second annual report from our friends at OFSTED and the DfE published the Key Stage 2 data! Especially those colleagues who on Monday morning must turn up at schools described by Sir Michael as "totally inadequate" and teach!!

SUCCESS FOR ALL!

I met Paul Prest yesterday. Paul is an old colleague and friend who now manages the Success for All initiative.

LOOK NORTH INTERVIEW!

I was on Look North on Wednesday evening following the publication of Sir Michael Wilshaw's second Annual Report which for the first time contained regional reports.

MEADOWHEAD SCHOOL

I visited Meadowhead School again yesterday with Mike Garnock-Jones, to see Steve Fowler, the headteacher and Mark Cocken, the Associate Assistant Headteacher, Vocational and Work Related Learning, and who leads the programme in the school. Mike and I were there to discuss the school's involvement in Made in Sheffield.

CUTLERS' EDUCATION COMMITTEE

I was in Sheffield again earlier this week with the Cutlers' Education Committee to look at how we continue to develop the work we have been doing this year with Bradfield School, Firth Park Community Arts College, Stocksbriodge High School and Yewlands Technology College.

ALL SAINTS RC HIGH SCHOOL

I visited All Saints RC High School again yesterday with Mike Garnock-Jones, to see Clare Scott, the headteacher and had a great session discussing the school's involvement in Made in Sheffield.