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 [...]

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: 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 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: 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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Motivating Mondays: Top 5 Tips for Change

February 20, 2012

We need to change in order to stand still, but not everyone in our school believes or appreciates this. From our work with Early Heads the topic of change is particularly challenging as we know that even the small changes you try to make can be faced with resistance and cause you immense frustrations. We [...]

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Help me to solve a creativity dilemma

February 19, 2012

I am going to the National College’s Annual Conference in June and I want my company to be memorable again for all the right reasons. Last year I went dressed as an RAF World War II pilot, you might remember me – olive green flight suit, leather flying helmet and goggles! On my back was [...]

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100th Blog Post Today! – a reason to celebrate by looking forward

January 13, 2012

In honour of this being my 100th blog post I thought I would make it something a little special, so I am sharing with you my Manifesto for 2012: This poster is now stuck on my window above my computer monitor. If you are interested in creating a manifesto for yourself then you will be [...]

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Can you YouTube in School?

December 5, 2011

I know that YouTube is blocked on many school’s networks so this is a test page to find out which of the following videos you can view. Please use the voting buttons below to let me know which of the videos below you can view on your network. Video A – Vimeo Grow Your Own [...]

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BlueKiteCoach Gets Top Billing

November 15, 2011

We were proud to be top of the bill in the Womens Business Clubs Newsletter this month with our new Eat That Frog Learning PlayTime on Prioritisation. This Learning PlayTime is part our brand new learning series designed to Grow Your Own Leaders launching in the Spring Term. Grow Your Own Leaders from BlueKiteCoach is a unique, [...]

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