Do you understand your strengths? 👏Do you know what makes you Awesome?👏 ✔️Maybe it’s your ability to energise and motivate your team. ✔️Maybe it’s your vast expertise and understanding of your chosen field. ✔️Maybe it’s …
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I have been on the BBC today 😁
I feel so lucky to have been invited onto BBC Radio Nottingham today to chat to Alan Clifford on his afternoon show. I was very nervous about it, but decided to grab the opportunity and …
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Delegation is where the magic happens!
Delegation: it can feel so difficult. Sometimes it feels like it’s easier to just do it yourself rather than delegate. After all, if you delegate a task, especially an open ended one, then it takes …
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Imagine you are looking back from December 2018…
What does a Roman two-faced god have to do with change and new beginnings? January is typically a time when we want to start afresh, begin a new chapter, make resolutions, and move forward. Opening …
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Heading into 2018…
2017 has been an amazing year for me, with ups and downs… I have done some really cool things: I walked barefoot over hot coals in the company of 10,000 overexcited people at a Tony …
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To lead effectively, you must listen effectively
I must confess, I love to talk…. sometimes I can hardly get my words out, I am so excited to share my ideas 😂 But one of the most important things I have learned over the …
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Sometimes You Win, Sometimes you Learn.
When things go wrong, it is really easy to start blaming people and trying to find fault with others… But a shift in how you view problems can make a massive difference to your own …
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How to get your team to do what you want them to do (and be happy about it)
When I started out in management, many, many years ago, I used to get very frustrated. I assumed that I would ask people in my team to do something, then they would do it. Simple. …
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British Values in action
I hope that you are voting today. We are very fortunate to live in a democracy; that means that we live in a country where we have the right to vote to choose who represents …
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In case of emergency fit your oxygen mask first before assisting others
If you manage, own or run a nursery, pre-school or other type of Early Years Setting, I can tell you three things about you: You love children – they make your heart warm and fuzzy, …
