Every growing organisation faces the same challenge. As it becomes larger and more complex, it invests in structures. Clearer governance. Clearer accountability. Clearer processes. Clearer expectations. It has to. Without them, organisations become inconsistent, difficult to navigate and increasingly dependent on individual personalities. As organisations grow, coherence becomes more important, not less. For a multi-academyContinue reading “The View Looks Different From Here”
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What your staff survey is not telling you
Most multi-academy trusts I work with can share their values, their strategic plan, and their leadership structure. What is sometimes more difficult is understanding what it actually feels like to work there. And that is the part that determines almost everything else: whether talented people stay, whether honest conversations happen, whether the trust feels likeContinue reading “What your staff survey is not telling you”
The Space between CPD and Wellbeing: what the work actually is
What sits between continuing professional development and wellbeing support is the work most schools and trusts have nowhere to put. This is what it is, why it matters, and what makes it different from coaching as the sector usually means it. The work in the space between CPD and wellbeing is sustained, relationally intelligent practiceContinue reading “The Space between CPD and Wellbeing: what the work actually is”
The Density of Togetherness – why culture is key in schools
A short essay on why the most important work schools do may not appear in any inspection framework, and the three questions that sit at the heart of every school community. The conversations young people most need to have are increasingly happening without another human present. Young people can now talk about loneliness, anxiety andContinue reading “The Density of Togetherness – why culture is key in schools”