Inspiration

Motivating Mondays: What will you be wearing to the NCSL Conference in June?

May 14, 2012

I attend the National College of School Leaders Annual Conference. Previously I had been as a delegate with the soul purpose to learn. Last year I considered hiring an exhibition stand to showcase BlueKiteCoach  but, after some great coaching from Helene Cooper and peculating some creativity, I came up with the idea of promoting myself [...]

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Motivating Mondays: Speed Dating with your Headteacher!

May 7, 2012

As a Headteacher you are always striving to improve communication between yourself and your staff to build better relationships. Well I wonder if you have ever thought of speed dating. This is a creative take on a classic model explained to me by a primary school Headteacher in a recent coaching/mentoring session. This Headteacher has [...]

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Motivating Mondays: Ding! How to have a great idea that will change you life

April 30, 2012

I love playing, do you? I learn best when I am having FUN, so what would happen if we saw every learning goal as an opportunity to PLAY? As a teacher you know this and see it working in your classrooms every day, so why not get the adults in your school playing too? Playing [...]

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Motivating Mondays: What question will you ask yourself today?

April 23, 2012

We learn so much by asking questions of ourselves and others. I ask questions for a living. I am paid to ask questions for the benefit of others. As a growing human being I also continually ask questions of myself. I am constantly amazed at the power that a well worded question has to unlock something that [...]

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Motivating Mondays: A poem for your first term in a new school

April 16, 2012

Wow! This emotive and direct poem could have been written for your first term in a new school. Read or watch and listen (2m40) for yourself the stiring words from Amena Brown. “Different backgrounds and voices, but one heart accepting the charge to lead, to follow, to build a community because we want to do more than [...]

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Motivating Mondays: What Gordon Ramsay taught me this week

March 26, 2012

 I had an evening to myself on Wednesday and I thought that, rather than read the book I had been reading, I would just start a new book completely for me. From my big pile of ‘I want to read these someday books’ I chose an autobiography by the famous chef, Gordon Ramsay called Humble [...]

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Motivating Mondays: What is your worst work nightmare?

March 19, 2012

What is your worst work nightmare? How about standing in front of a room full of your peers? How about standing in front of a room full of your peers and your presentation does this… iPhone/iPad users click here to view the video. BlueKiteCoach supports leaders, like you, to feel confident and comfortable leading learning to [...]

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Motivating Mondays: Why I wear fancy dress to work

March 12, 2012

Since June 2011 I have been wearing fancy dress to work. I get a fair few wry smiles, but when I explain that on the back of my olive green flight suit I have printed “I help teachers fly with BlueKiteCoach” then the choice of costume makes a lot more sense. Most recently I have [...]

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Motivating Mondays: Top 5 creativity tips for school leaders

March 5, 2012

I had the real pleasure to experience Ayd Instone speaking (and singing) in the flesh in December. Ayd gave me a copy of his book, ‘Ding! How to have a great idea that will change your life’. I am only on page 40 and I have already been inspired to think out of the box [...]

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Motivating Mondays: Richard Branson’s Advice to School Leaders

February 27, 2012

If time is short today then I recommend you listen to just the first and last minute of this video. Richard Branson says on success: “The most important thing about running a school is that you need to know what a school is. It is a collection of people. As a leader of people you need [...]

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