Reviews

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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Incisive Questions – remove limiting assumptions and set the mind free

January 28, 2012

How often have you been asked to think about something in a different way or find new ways of doing a task and your first reaction is ‘I can’t do that’ or ‘thats impossible’? People make limiting assumptions all the time and they can hold people back from doing what they want to do or [...]

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My Best Frog Recipe

October 18, 2011

Thank you to Charlotte Mannion and all the lovely ladies at the Womens Premier Business Club who I spent Friday afternoon with. Together we enjoyed the BlueKiteCoach ‘Eat that Frog’ Learning Playtime. Here are a couple of short clips for you to enjoy from our PlayTime: More videos and learning on ‘Eating Frogs’ here.

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Book Review: Eat that Frog

August 19, 2011

This is a book I have just finished reading and I thought you would appreciate a summary of the ideas and practical tools that are particularly relevant for teachers. I have included some questions from the book that you can ask yourself straight away and you can watch videos here. Title: Eat that Frog: Get [...]

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Building Resilience

October 23, 2009

Last week Robert Latham from Teacher Support Network answered questions on the Times Educational Supplement (TES) Forum. His response to a question about Ofsted inspections really works for me on many levels: “Building resilience is an essential part of managing stress. If you want to build your resilience, work on developing these attitudes and behaviours: [...]

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Review: Love your life – Survive the System: A teacher's happiness curriculum

May 9, 2009

This book is an easy and enjoyable read specifically aimed at helping teachers to help themselves. Written in an informal, chatty and engaging style simple but powerful exercises are fused with case studies and quotes are carefully chosen to sit along side the content written by a former teacher. Eilidh Milnes is an inspiring lady [...]

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Review: Coaching and Mentoring at work by Mary P Connor and Julia Pokora

May 9, 2009

Coaching frameworks are something that I have come to value as a useful way of structuring a coaching conversation. The Skilled Helper model features highly in this book, but this book is so much more than just about a framework. This book also includes a great chapter on choosing a coach and how you get [...]

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Review: Power up your mind by Bill Lucas

May 9, 2009

Power up your mind by Bill Lucas A page turner and a book that grabbed me from the first couple of pages. I loved the format, attempted many of the short exercises that punctuate the text and incorporated several of the ideas into my life and coaching practice. I am finding the concepts on pages [...]

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Review: E-myth revisited by Michael E Gerber

May 9, 2009

Wow what an amazing ‘page turner’! If I wasn’t already convinced that documenting my systems and processes was essential from the start then I am now. Compelling business fundamentals punctuated with questions to enhance your learning and each chapter summarized with a compelling case study that any business owner, past, present or future, will be [...]

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