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Sep 16 2016

Stop! Don’t press send!

By Mark Anderson Leadership

Email is great. I love it. Such a quick, efficient and immediate means of communication. Many of us use it and for good reason. Whenever I have a corridor conversation with a colleague I always make sure that I follow it up with an immediate email to summarise the conversation…

May 11 2016

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Dealing with difficult conversations

By Mark Anderson Leadership 4 Comments

It is true that honesty is always the best policy but how you deliver that feedback and have that conversation is something which can turn that conversation in to a win or a massive lose. Delivering bad news is never easy but these frank and honest conversations are an important…

Apr 27 2016

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Empathy in school leadership

By Mark Anderson Leadership No Comments

Originally written for the Show My Homework blog, this post examines the different ways you can show empathy as a school leader. I hope you find it on point and useful. Empathy: (noun) the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Life can be pretty sucky. It’s true.…

Mar 22 2016

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Digital Leadership matters – my #EdShow16 keynote

By Mark Anderson Leadership 2 Comments

It was a pleasure to be asked to speak at the Education Show again this year. My presentation focussed on some key areas of leadership specifically in relation to matters of digital integration in schools. I promised attendees to my session and a few on Twitter that I would share my…

Dec 28 2015

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Top ten mindfulness tips for leaders

By Mark Anderson Leadership 3 Comments

I wrote a post a while ago titled 'Do superheroes cry' which contained deep within it some mindfulness tips for leaders. Leadership is something which carries along with it management roles but sometimes leaders can forget about the effect their actions and decisions can have upon others. Head teacher John…

Dec 09 2015

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The problem with technicians

By Mark Anderson Leadership 38 Comments

The problem with technicians, you know who I mean - technical support... And this isn't to say that this is a global issue and a problem everywhere. Some schools, in fact in many schools, it is the job of a teacher to be network manager or the person who manages…

Sep 14 2015

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Developing a whole school culture

By Mark Anderson Leadership 3 Comments

Culture is really important. Get it wrong, things fall down around your ears. Get it right and you can be on to a winner! The term 'branding' as you'll most likely know, comes from the age-old practice of charring the skin of your cattle with a mark. Sometimes this is done…

May 24 2015

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Do superheroes cry?

By Mark Anderson Leadership 11 Comments

I had to tell my son off this morning. He'd been a bit naughty. He'd been put on the naughty step and sat there in his Spiderman costume, crying his eyes out. He'd been a bit naughty sure, but certainly not enough to warrant the floods of tears that streamed down…