Governance training & support
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Leadership
I have spent the last eleven years appraising school principals and senior leaders. I have also provided training in leadership to middle leaders and facilitated sessions to build effective teams.
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School Principal & Senior Leadership Appointments
I have a background in Human Resources and have led principal, CEO and senior leadership appointment processes.
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Coaching & mentoring
A wide range of life and work experiences and an ability to listen lends itself well to coaching and mentoring. I enjoy seeing people become better versions of themselves.
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Strategic planning
I have assisted NGO’s to develop their purpose, vision and strategic plan.
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Other services
I provide a range of other services to support organisational performance.
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”People’s participation is the essence of good governance.
- Narendra Modi
Governance training & support
Governance is a serious undertaking and has become increasingly complex. You have some legal obligations to meet that you cannot contract out to management. Every board member must contribute and you need to operate as a team.
I have years of experience as a board member at schools and Not for Profits and served as a board chair and deputy chair and years of providing training to school boards. I even wrote a dissertation on effective governance as part of completing my MBA.
I am a member of the Institute of Directors and continue to learn about being an effective trustee. I provide quality training to new and experienced board members, and review your current governance practices.
Undertaking training and a review of your governance is a good investment.
Leadership
Leadership is complex. We now live in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world. COVID-19 is the latest and most disruptive influence on the workplace. Leaders need resilience and an ability to cope with, and lead change. They also need support.
I bring a wealth of different experiences, both professionally and personally. I have witnessed a wide range of leadership styles and business successes and failures. I have studied, coached and trained leaders. The common denominator of organisation success is effective leadership so it is critical to find, keep, and develop leaders and make them great.
I have spent the last eleven years appraising school principals and senior leaders. I have also provided training in leadership to middle leaders, and provided HR advice. My appraisals are thorough and include a range of tools to ensure leaders are fulfilling their role, and providing recommendations for ‘next steps’.
I use a ‘critical friend’ approach, and I am able to build strong relationships that result in quality outcomes.
”The single biggest way to impact an organisation is to focus on leadership development.
- John C Maxwell
”The single biggest way to impact an organisation is to focus on leadership development.
- John C Maxwell
Leadership
Leadership is complex. We now live in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world. COVID-19 is the latest and most disruptive influence on the workplace. Leaders need resilience and an ability to cope with, and lead change. They also need support.
I bring a wealth of different experiences, both professionally and personally. I have witnessed a wide range of leadership styles and business successes and failures. I have studied, coached and trained leaders. The common denominator of organisation success is effective leadership so it is critical to find, keep, and develop leaders and make them great.
I have spent the last eleven years appraising school principals and senior leaders. I have also provided training in leadership to middle leaders, and provided HR advice. My appraisals are thorough and include a range of tools to ensure leaders are fulfilling their role, and providing recommendations for ‘next steps’.
I use a ‘critical friend’ approach, and I am able to build strong relationships that result in quality outcomes.
”You need the right people with you, not the best people
- Jack Ma
School Principal & Senior Leadership Appointments
I have a background in Human Resources and have led principal, CEO and senior leadership appointment processes.
Appointing a school principal or CEO is the most important role a Board has. It is therefore critical they employ a consultant who understands how to manage and lead the process. At the end of the day, it is the board’s role to appoint the right person.
I provide sound processes and insights into what to consider and to ensure the process is thorough. EQ is more important than IQ when it comes to leadership, and is too often overlooked when making appointments. At the same time, too often, principals are appointed on the basis of charisma presented at interview.
Relying on interviews and referee checks are not enough for senior level appointments. My process includes psychometric testing to ensure an offer of employment comes through robust selection procedures.
Coaching and mentoring
Well managed organisations pay close attention to the development of their human resources. The importance of coaching and mentoring has grown as life and work complexities have also grown yet it is still underutilised in organisations.
It is important that leaders (and employees) can talk through issues that are causing them concern and to help solve complex problems. My empathetic listening style is conducive to effective coaching and mentoring, whether professionally or personally (life coaching). Check out my testimonials. You can email me directly if you’d like to discuss working with me.
”I absolutely believe that people, unless coached, never reach their maximum capabilities.
- Bob Nardelli
”I absolutely believe that people, unless coached, never reach their maximum capabilities.
- Bob Nardelli
Coaching and mentoring
Well managed organisations pay close attention to the development of their human resources. The importance of coaching and mentoring has grown as life and work complexities have also grown yet it is still underutilised in organisations.
It is important that leaders (and employees) can talk through issues that are causing them concern and to help solve complex problems. My empathetic listening style is conducive to effective coaching and mentoring, whether professionally or personally (life coaching). Check out my testimonials. You can email me directly if you’d like to discuss working with me.
”By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
- Benjamin Franklin
Strategic planning.
Effective strategic planning is critical to all organisations, large and small. Strategic planning is about shaping the future, what you want to do, what you want the organisation to be, and where you want to go.
I have assisted organisations to develop their purpose, vision and strategic plan. I enjoy using strategic tools to help scan organisational environments and plan for the future. Contact me to see how I can help.
