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    Engines of Privilege?

    Yesterday I attended HMC’s Spring Conference at The British Library in London, which took as its focus partnership and collaboration between the state and independent sectors.  The… Read more “Engines of Privilege?”

    May 2, 2019May 4, 2019 by jillberry102

    Leaders: think about your ‘open door’ policy

    We use the phrase ‘open door policy’ fairly glibly these days. Many leaders want to be visible, approachable, accessible, and certainly not remote.  This is all good,… Read more “Leaders: think about your ‘open door’ policy”

    April 30, 2019April 30, 2019 by jillberry102

    Defending your choices – or being defensive?

    Recently, my eldest brother read my book: Making the leap – Moving from deputy to head. He is far outside my target audience – now retired, he… Read more “Defending your choices – or being defensive?”

    April 15, 2019April 17, 2019 by jillberry102

    The power of Middle Leaders

    In the 22 March 2019 edition of tes, I was interested to read a piece by primary head Nicola Forster entitled ‘Vacating the middle ground’.  In the… Read more “The power of Middle Leaders”

    April 2, 2019April 2, 2019 by jillberry102

    Mid-way through your career – how do you sustain yourself?

    I’ve kept a diary since 1972, in which I record what happens each day, and how I feel about it.  I’ve always found the experience of writing… Read more “Mid-way through your career – how do you sustain yourself?”

    March 25, 2019March 26, 2019 by jillberry102

    Making the leap to headship – the possibility of joy

    This post is based on an after-dinner speech I gave at the Ambition School Leadership all-women NPQH final residential at Loughborough University on Friday 1st March 2019. … Read more “Making the leap to headship – the possibility of joy”

    March 6, 2019November 8, 2019 by jillberry102

    Headship and diversity

    Friday 1st March 2019 was a very interesting day for me.  I travelled to London to speak at a conference on headship and diversity, ‘Breaking the Mould’,… Read more “Headship and diversity”

    March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 by jillberry102

    Managing email

    In my last blog post I wrote about tidiness, and about how imposing order and systems might make both your personal and your professional life calmer and… Read more “Managing email”

    February 18, 2019 by jillberry102

    How tidy are you?

    Confession: I am a tidy person. Reading Emma Kell’s recent piece on tidiness in tes, the link Adrian Bethune included in a Twitter comment about Emma’s article,… Read more “How tidy are you?”

    February 4, 2019November 6, 2019 by jillberry102

    Receiving feedback: How can we do it better?

    Yesterday I was pleased to lead a workshop at the John Taylor MAT conference held at the John Taylor Free School in Tatenhill.  The (wonderful) head there,… Read more “Receiving feedback: How can we do it better?”

    January 8, 2019 by jillberry102

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