A few years ago I wrote an article for UkEdMag on lessons for teachers from the thinkers of Ancient Greece. Recently I have been thinking...

Change is all around us, some good, some bad. This prompts a lot of reflection and there is much to reflect upon. One reflection is...

Recently I shared some thoughts on competent vs charismatic leadership. This is almost a footnote to that post addressing something a...

In the early 1990s, the satirical series Spitting Image famously characterised the Prime Minister John Major as the grey man. His grey...

Having done quite a bit of reading around leadership, I realised that much of my early leadership development happened outside of education. In my late 20s I was appointed to the leadership team of a small church and for several years was in effect the pastor’s deputy. When that church was joined to a larger church I occupied the equivalent of a middle leadership position. It occurs to me if I’ve learned anything over the years, the lessons learned in these settings have been