1. Talent spotting

2. Early warning signs of leadership
Confidence & Credibility
Gets Involved
Heads for the gunfire (doesn’t look or walk away)
Masters own role quickly and looks for more
Emotionally Resilient
Emotionally Intelligent
Ability to See the Big Picture
Make connections, deal with complexity
Think from a whole school perspective
Intellectual Curiosity & Capacity
Asks the deep questions Develops self
Self Awareness, Self Control, Empathy, Influence
Slide 2: Early warning signs of leadership. Research into talent spotting has revealed certain traits of those with the potential for leadership. The list provides a list of some of these traits.
Reflection:
To what extent do you demonstrate these attributes?
To what extent do others in your team / staff demonstrate these attributes?
Why do you think these characteristics were identified as being so significant?

3. “The secret of success is consistency of purpose.” (Benjamin Disraeli)
“Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard, then succeed on purpose.”
(G.K. Nielson)
“The secret of success is consistency of purpose.”
(Benjamin Disraeli)
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.“
(Aristotle)
Talent is not enough, improvement and expertise takes persistence and practice. For example, David Beckham taking free kicks, Andy Murray playing tennis

4. Developing expertise
Elite performance is the result of at least a decade of maximal efforts to improve performance through an optimal distribution of deliberate practice
What distinguishes experts from others is the commitment to deliberate practice
Deliberate practice is:
an effortful activity that can be sustained only for a limited time each day
neither motivating nor enjoyable—it is instrumental in achieving further improvement in performance
Dylan Wiliam – SSAT Conference Keynote (Dec 2012)
Research indicates that it takes 10 years and 10,000 hours of practice to reach elite level. You can see more on this in Dylan Wiliam’s 2012 presentation at the SSAT National Conference

5. Matthew Syed
Two books that are worth further reading are ‘Bounce – the myth of talent and the power of practice’ and ‘Black box thinking – the surprising truth about success’ . The author, Matthew Syed, is a former English number 1 Table Tennis player, Oxford University student, journalist and broadcaster.
Champions are not born, they are made.