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Practical, evidence-based and optimistic, Leader will inspire leaders in any setting to lead through service and empower them with the tools to help their team flourish. In this wide-ranging book, Katy Granville-Chapman and Emmie Bidston eloquently combine up-to-date research in psychology and neuroscience with inspiring examples of success to show that leadership can be learnt and that it is all about looking after your people. The book takes you on a journey to meet a diverse selection of great leaders from multiple different spheres - from the sports field to the corporate world. Katy and Emmie talk you through how all of these effective leaders have become great having mastered three key lessons: know your people, love your people, and inspire your people. These three principles form the core of the book, which also features a wide range of practical activities designed to help the reader reflect on both their own and their team's points of action for future progress.
Can you keep a secret? What if a woman took you into her confidence and told you how she really felt about her life, her ambitions, her expectations of herself, her disappointments, her successes, would you know what to say? What if she told you life wasn't quite what she'd planned, that cracks were starting to appear, or that she was unsure of her next move... how would you answer? This handbook is your answer. The only guide a Coach for women will ever need. Lynette Allen & Meg Reid between them have more than 20 years experience of coaching women from every walk of life, on just about every topic you can imagine, they've been successfully training Coaches too and have poured everything they know into this unique book. Discover their secrets, tips, techniques, exercises and tools. Dispel the myths of coaching, understand the ethics and responsibility of taking on this vital role and you'll find a refreshingly different way to connect with your female employees or clients.
Leadership for Flourishing seeks to demonstrate that a group's leadership impacts the group's flourishing and that flourishing impacts leadership. The contributors develop frameworks and practices that highlight the dynamic between leadership and flourishing. They identify the positive examples around the globe that are evolving what is possible around leadership for flourishing. Flourishing is a global goal (e.g., UN SDGs), a global right (e.g., UN human development report), and becoming a global rule (e.g., ESG standards). It is time to showcase leadership for flourishing. Divided into four parts, the book brings together leading scholars and reflective practitioners to describe the curren...
Learning is central to the long-term success of any team and is far too important to dismiss or to relegate to a 'nice to do' list. In The Learning Imperative, bestselling authors Burns and Griffith explore the common barriers to effective learning and present a range of practical tools and strategies to help teams bring about and reap the benefits of a more positive culture around training and development. Together they map out the key stages of the learning journey and provide a comprehensive guide for team leaders and managers who want to improve learning in their teams. They also share essential advice on the design and delivery of effective training programmes, and punctuate their instr...
In education, change is inevitable. But despite this, most school change projects falter because they miss what matters most: the human element. Change Starts Here revolutionises how we think about educational change by putting people back at the heart of the process. This groundbreaking book unveils a practical approach that transforms how schools navigate change. At its core lies the innovative double diamond model, a powerful framework that helps school communities discover what truly matters to them and co-create solutions that stick. Through 40 carefully crafted questions and real-world case studies from schools across the world, the authors demonstrate how to replace rigid, top-down directives with authentic, community-driven change. Whether you're wrestling with curriculum reform, teaching development, or new technology, Change Starts Here will help you build consensus, honour diverse perspectives, and create lasting impact. Essential reading for school leaders, teachers, and anyone passionate about making meaningful change in education.
Wellbeing and Resilience Education engages with the immediate impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the theoretical and applied elements of wellbeing and resilience education. It explores the implications for students, teachers, and teaching from a transdisciplinary and international perspective. Featuring thirteen chapters written by 27 academics from across the globe, it includes new transdisciplinary research by organisational psychologists, psychologists, neuroscientists, policy experts and education researchers. The book comprises a wide range of topics including: appreciative inquiry, educational leadership, refugee education, resilience education, designing online courses, teacher wellbeing and community responses during the Covid-19 pandemic. This timely volume will be of interest to academics, initial teacher educators, postgraduate students, school leaders and policymakers researching the field of wellbeing, resilience, education, schools, and schooling.
Working with top British and American companies for over thirty years, Martin Roberts has developed an enviable reputation for solving problems. He attributes this success to his ability to adapt and apply NLP, Behavioural Modification, Gestalt therapy and Transactional Analysis techniques from the field of organisational psychology. This book is about achieving excellent change management using a variety of techniques and contains many new concepts and applications for consultants, would-be consultants and everyone involved in change in a business setting. It also provides an intriguing insight into why many fashionable 'cook-book approaches' to change run into problems - and how to avoid repeating them.
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