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A LEADERSHIP REFLECTION For Australia, it is heading towards the end of the school year. Year 12 exams are done, and there is another cohort of...

In today’s complex job of leading education, our ability to both achieve results and build strong relationships is critical. Without a focus on...

Strategy without culture; culture without strategy - alone, neither of them lead to high performance 'Culture eats strategy for breakfast’, the...

This week's blog is about the challenge of toxic environments and knowing when to make a change - for yourself, or to shift a culture where people...

*This article was originally written for the Fall 2024 edition of Principal Connections Magazine, for the Catholic Principals' Council of Ontario In...

PART 2 – Did you focus enough on the heart, and tapping into emotional intelligence to review your strategy? Last Ferocious Warmth musings I asked...

A fisherman was recently found drifting in the ocean off Taiwan by a fishing boat. He had been drifting for 19 hours on a rainbow-coloured swim ring...

One of our biggest challenges in education is getting enough teachers in the school and then keeping them! In a hugely complex time in education,...

This video is something I recorded last year in Lyon, France, emerging from a basement where I was listening to a brilliant jazz concert. As a...

I'm currently working with a school that is building their professionalism, connection and improvement culture. Led by a Ferocious Warmth leader,...

For many of the teams I know, norms are reasonably yawn-inducing. We gather around the white board or the flip chart at a particular moment, usually...

Over the last month, I've been working in a number of different states with senior leaders as they come together in their networks to learn and...

Adam Grant’s description of the ‘Babble Effect’ is a fascinating insight into the fast trajectory of many leaders who can talk the talk, but perhaps...

Leadership is messy. Every day there are relationships, interactions and dances that go on in offices, meeting rooms and virtual rooms that don’t...

When I was a youngster, one of my greatest joys was working alongside my Dad in his electronic security business during school holidays. We would...