How successful head teachers thrive & survive Professor Tim Brighouse

Complex change = Skills Incentives Resources Action Plan CONFUSION Vision ANXIETY RESISTANCE FRUSTRATION TREADMILL CHANGE

9 levels of delegation Look into this problem. Give me all the facts. I will decide what to do. Let me know the options available with the pros and cons of each. I will decide what to select. Let me know the criteria for your recommendation, which alternatives you have identified and which one appears best to you with any risk identified. I will make the decision. Recommend a course of action for my approval. Let me know what you intend to do. Delay action until I approve. Let me know what you intend to do. Do it unless I say not to. Take action. Let me know what you did. Let me know how it turns out. Take action. Communicate with me only if action is unsuccessful. Take action. No further communication with me is necessary.

Values Success not failure Multifaceted not general Inclusive not exclusive Ipsative not normative Life long not once and for all

4 periods of headship Initiation Development Stall Decline

5 uses of time ‘They sit on the wall not the fence’ ‘They are ‘skalds’ not ‘scolds’ ‘They teach, learn and assess for most of their time’ ‘They spend their evenings weekends and holidays….working….socialising….and being a member of a family’ ‘They spend two hours a week in acts of unexpected kindness’

6 tasks of headship Create energy Build capacity Meet and minimise crisis Secure and enhance the environment Seek and chart improvement Extend the vision of what’s possible

7 ways to avoid a breakdown Manage your diary Find allies Have a 7-10 year service! Stop doing one of your regular tasks for a term to allow someone else to do them Remember to be the ‘Jack’ or ‘Jill’ of all trades and master of none Become an expert ‘driller’ and a lepidopterist Collect hyacinths