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How to Lead Without Being Needed | A Conversation with Brett Griffin
Episode 130
What happens when you take a school leader who's used to timetables, structure, and constant visibility, and drop them into the chaos of running a st…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
A Solution-Focused Approach to Leadership | A Conversation with Vicky Essebag & Tara Gretton
Episode 129
Struggling with staff meetings that spiral into problem talk? This episode explores solution-focused communication and how school leaders can transfo…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Leading School Mental Health Confidently | A Conversation with George Peterkin
Episode 128
This conversation with George Peterkin challenges how we think about mental health in schools. George introduces the three pillars framework: prevent…
6 months ago
What Every PD Leader Should Know | A Conversation with Bethan Hindley
Episode 127
Professional development is happening in schools everywhere, but is it actually working? In this episode, Bethan Hindley from the Teacher Development…
6 months, 1 week ago
How to Stop Wasting Your PD Budget
Episode 126
Ever left a fantastic professional development session feeling completely energised, only to find yourself back to square one a month later? Shane ta…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Teaching Primary Children Where They Are | A Conversation with Emma Turner
Episode 125
In this essential episode for school leaders, Shane explores primary education leadership with Emma Turner, a primary education expert with over 25 y…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
How to Build a Consultancy | A Conversation with Michael Iannini
Episode 124
In this brutally honest conversation, Michael Iannini pulls back the curtain on what it's really like to leave the safety of education employment and…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Self-Compassion for Overwhelmed School Leaders | A Conversation with Stephanie Lill
Episode 123
In this powerful conversation, Stephanie Lill from Mindful Sparks completely reframes how we think about compassion in schools. Far from being a "nic…
7 months ago
Why Teachers Resist your Great Ideas | A Conversation with Christopher Youles
Episode 122
Ever wonder why brilliant educational ideas don't always translate into classroom reality? In this conversation, Shane Leaning sits down with author …
7 months, 1 week ago
How To Learn From Everyone | A Conversation with Ben Whitaker
Episode 121
Shane Leaning chats with Ben Whitaker about his new book "The Ideas Guy" and why he thinks we're all capable of being idea generators. Ben's an educa…
7 months, 2 weeks ago