Starting a new leadership role is an exciting challenge at any time – but how does it feel to have taken up a new CEO role during lockdown and the subsequent COVID period?
Read moreBack in February this year, I was physically present at a meeting with several HR colleagues from academy trusts. We were discussing the challenge of...
Read moreIt would be fair to say that Covid-19 has turned education on its head.
Read moreNow that we are adjusting to the new normal, this edition of Trust builds on the last by offering examples of approaches to strategic planning to mitigate...
Read moreSince March, schools have risen swiftly to extraordinary challenges, including logistical, cultural and emotional challenges – to support pupils and...
Read moreWe have seen some magnificent examples of civic leadership exercised by local authorities, schools and trusts during COVID-19 – leaders acting with professional...
Read moreIn this edition of Trust, as you would anticipate, we continue to focus on the impact and longer-term implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on our sec...
Read moreTrust boards discover they have a leadership vacancy in one of two ways. But whether planned or unexpected, it’s a supremely valuable moment, where the...
Read moreWelcome to the new edition of Trust. With the ever present backdrop of some of the key challenges facing the sector, not least the issue of teacher recruitment...
Read moreAt the beginning of the original Academies Programme many curious school leaders looked across the Atlantic to learn from the US Charter schools movement,...
Read moreLike every organisation, school trusts are made up of lots of different teams. Whilst the board and the executive are teams within their own right, they...
Read moreIn June 2019, I was delighted to lead alongside Leora Cruddas, the CEO of the Confederation of School Trusts, (CST) a short series of roadshows with CEOs...
Read moreWelcome to the May edition of Trust. I am pleased to provide my synopsis of the topics covered in this issue.
Read moreThere is so much that has been written on the subject of clarity of purpose and vision and how that should shape and drive everything done in an organisation...
Read moreWelcome to the April edition of Trust. I am pleased to provide my taster of the range of topics we address in this issue.
Read moreNot a day goes by when there isn’t something in the press about executive pay. Whether it’s a piece urging ethical governance or a piece challenging...
Read moreWhat gives us character? What makes us resilient? These are two of the questions I look forward to grappling with as I chair the group announced by the...
Read moreWelcome to the third edition of Trust the digital professional journal for executive and governance leaders. This publication is one of the many outcomes...
Read moreOne of my favourite phrases in leadership is when the CEO of an organisation brushes away the ‘executive’ part of their job title and replaces it with...
Read moreMATs are still new, complex and evolving in the education sector, which means leaders can often find themselves reacting to what is happening around them;...
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