Successful difficult conversations

Category: Recruitment

Can I offer a different take on resignation season? What if losing someone didn’t automatically lead to ‘oh no’. What if it meant space. Space to strengthen. Space to raise standards. Space to shift the balance of your team. Recruitment isn’t just about filling posts. It’s about increasing the number of people who make your school stronger.
When someone resigns, it’s easy to panic. Advert. Replace. Move on. But sometimes that instinct costs more than we realise. Before you automatically refill a post, there’s one smarter question you’ll love asking!
31 May is closer than you think. It’s resignation season soon. And even if nothing has happened yet, there’s often that little flicker of: “Here we go again…” Before the notices land, there’s one simple shift that makes recruitment season steadier and stronger.
Resignation date has been and gone. How was it for you? Some people who need a new opportunity have moved on. Some who you wish were staying are leaving. This presents an all too familiar leadership challenge: recruitment. And yes, we know that’s hard right now. Harder than ever. So here’s some advice if you’re feeling like there’s a hard challenge ahead. Let’s look at your data [...]

Welcome back after the Easter holidays.   Summer 1.And we all know this is an important term for resignations. I’m not trying to depress you, I promise.  But we all know May half term is crunch time.   With recruitment more challenging than ever, it’s understandable if you want to hold onto every member of […]

It’s been hard to recruit good quality teachers for some time and it only seems to get harder.   The reality is it’s an employee market right now: There are fewer teachers to recruit There are plenty of vacancies   So how do you attract the best? As a student of excellence, I look at […]

Yes, that time of year is coming when people will hand in their notice. There might be some people for whom you think it’s a good decision (for them and/or for your school). But it would be understandable if your heart sank, because recruitment isn’t easy right now. Here are 3 ways to think about […]

I know recruitment is hard. Even without teacher shortages it’s hard, because it’s hard to find the right people. And yet the success of your school has a lot to do with the people you recruit. So how does a vision make it easier? Let me share a story of head who found it did. […]