75% of school leaders say they have a ‘difficult person’ in their team (aka the person you struggle to place when planning classes for next year).   That makes a hard job (placing people in year groups) even harder. You might find yourself thinking ‘who’s turn is it?’. It’s not great for you, them, your […]

Many school leaders have been asked, in The Outstanding School test:   Is anyone in your team not performing their job as well as they need to? 84% say yes.   84%!   And given that people are the key to your school’s success and happiness that’s a big number!   But with challenging recruitment […]

On Wednesday you should have received my top tip about one difficult conversation that keeps coming up: caretakers.   Did you get it? Did you like it?Do you want more?   Remember, if you’d like to keep getting these top tips to help you have more successful difficult conversations then please subscribe here:   Why? […]

You may remember my 2-minute top tips; weekly videos designed to help you tackle tough conversations in school.  And they’re coming back next week! Here’s what to expect: Here’s what happens next:   Next Wednesday 28th February I’ll land in your inbox with a top tip about a difficult conversation that is showing up more […]

It’s hard to talk to someone about their conduct. It doesn’t feel as concrete as something like lateness or not following policy. But it’s so important.  Because conduct is our behaviour. And culture is our behaviour over time – as critical to your school’s success as performance is (and I would suggest it’s more important). […]

We’re all trying to be useful. And I have a lot of free resources that have helped many school leaders. In fact, this video has been watched over 3000 times. Ok, it’s not viral, but it’s a lot.   In fact, you’ll see someone has commented ‘Goodness, why aren’t there more views?’ (and it wasn’t […]