Seek to be more Agile (Insights for Principals Series)
In all organisations, 'responsibility', 'flexibility' and 'simplicity' will be the hallmarks of future success. Schools have been forced to [...]
Capitalise on New Opportunities Part 2 (Insights for Principals Series)
The danger in times like these is that Principals decide to 'batten the hatches'. Their focus will be on short-term fixes, tightened control [...]
Create a High Performance Culture (Business Basics Series)
Robert Sutton, a Stanford Professor, has suggested that at times like now the keys to a high performing culture are
1. PredictabilityHigh Performance Culture
Capitalise on New Opportunities Part 1 (Insights for Principals Series)
Recently the Harvard Business Review published a special edition (Summer 2020) on managing in difficult times. The author of one article mad [...]
Confidently Lead Change in Your Organisation (Business Basics Series)
You may have heard of the 'Stockdale Paradox'. Admiral James Stockdale was a prisoner of war in Vietnam for over seven years. Jim Collins, t [...]
Think Optimistically (Insights for Principals Series)
The COVID-19 pandemic has created ongoing uncertainty and, for many people, considerable anxiety. Aside from leading confidently, it is impe [...]
Insights for Principals in a post-COVID-19 World
As a result of the COVID-19 crisis, many lessons have been learned in the education sector over the past three months [...]
Focus on the Customer Part 2 (Business Basics Series)
It is very easy during a downturn for relationships with both customers and suppliers to unravel. The focus must be on consolidating those r [...]
Focus on the Customer Part 1 (Business Basics Series)
The saying 'revenue is vanity, profit is sanity' is especially true in a slowing economy. At the same time, there is a huge opportunity to r [...]
Improve Your Flexibility and Responsiveness (Business Basics Series)
It is one thing to cut costs to improve the bottom line. It is another to cut costs to remove unnecessary complexity, bureaucracy and wastag [...]