Changing, Ourselves
Stories from the Learning and Organisational Development team
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Doing Hard Things
As the new academic year begins, many of us are setting goals, launching initiatives, and preparing to lead change in our institutions. But before we get swept up in the rhythm of meetings and milestones, I want to pause and...
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Reflections on personal leadership
In my role as a coach, I often ask managers “What’s it like to be led by you?” It’s a simple question, encouraging the manager to place themselves in the position of their team members and hopefully generates reflection and...
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Life in the Pod
Imagine a world… Your team is a small, autonomous unit, a “pod” with diverse skills, perspectives and backgrounds. Your manager spends most of their time attending to human relationships, coaching, trust and communication. They’re no longer the gatekeeper of rules...
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Celebrating Leadership: What do you notice?
At a recent leadership network session, a reflective question emerged: “What more can we do to recognise and celebrate leadership?”. This led to a conversation about what great leadership looks like, and how we notice it in action. Leadership can...
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We’re Better Together
I was at a training course recently and in one of the breakout discussions we were asked to identify a time when we had worked in a great team, and to explore exactly what made it great. We came up...
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Feel the change
Recently, a colleague took a few of us from the team on a Deep Time Walk. It was a long walk, with stops that gave us some brilliant information about the state of the planet and somehow brought it all...
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Dear Co-pilot.....
A while ago my manager, Ed, set us a challenge – what’s the most creative way you could use AI? I’d been scratching my head on this one – using it to draft outline lesson plans is pretty basic. But...
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Bringing my best
I’m sure we can all relate to a time when we, a colleague, or family member have been away from the workplace for a while. Whatever the circumstances, life events that pull us away from the workplace can mean there’s...
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Warm Communities?
We have an air source heat pump. We were faced with the need to change from our oil system a little under a year ago when the oil tank was condemned. We needed to choose whether we were going to...
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Where do I begin?
The Christmas break is just around the corner, and along with anticipation of the feasting, presents, celebrations, joy and sparkle, I confess I feel a bit exhausted at the mere thought of it all. Alongside the nourishment and joy I...
