Posted in Leadership, Management, Personal Lessons, honesty on May 31st, 2007 2 Comments »
I bumped into someone this week who used to work with Professor Tim Brighouse.
Tim Brighouse has been a major influence upon how I attempt to go about my own work - so it was great to meet someone (a service Director in Birmingham City Council) who worked very closely with the man himself.
I asked the [...]
Posted in CPD, Exc-el blogs, Leadership, Learning Logs, Personal Lessons, Uncategorized on May 22nd, 2007 1 Comment »
We had a get together today at the Cosla Edinburgh offices for all of us going to the Harvard Leadership School. We have agreed to keep a “team’ learning log of our experiences.
Eight weeks today we fly out to Boston - it’s going to be great fun and tremendous learning experience - I feel very [...]
Posted in Personal Lessons on May 7th, 2007 1 Comment »
I got home on Friday to find out that our drains were overflowing - with lots of horrible things floating about outside the house.
Over the last three days I’ve been searching for inspection hatches, digging out pipes and rodding drains.I’ve been up to my elbow in **** and reaching inside septic tanks to release blockages.
Have I had [...]
Posted in Personal Lessons, personal on Apr 13th, 2007 No Comments »
I’ve been on holiday this week so we took off yesterday for one night at the Ardeonaig Hotel, Loch Tay, which has just been awarded the GOOD HOTEL GUIDE’S “INN of the Year for Great Britain and Ireland 2007″.
We had a fabulous time there and the food and service were second to none.
I was really [...]
Posted in Education Committee, Elected Members, Personal Lessons, Public Services on Mar 27th, 2007 4 Comments »
East Lothian Council met this morning to consider a number of reports - one of which was ours on Dunbar Primary education provision.
The vote went 20-3 to reject our recommendation for two separate schools.
The decision reflects the democracy in which we live.
This has been a significant learning experience for me
Posted in Accountability, Elected Members, Parental Involvement, Personal Lessons, Public Services on Mar 18th, 2007 2 Comments »
I attended my third community evening in Dunbar this week regarding Dunbar Primary School provision.
Due to a rapidly expanding population in Dunbar it has become necessary to enhance the primary school provision in Dunbar earlier than had been previously predicted. There are a number of options - all of which involve the construction of a new building.
As [...]
Posted in Conferences, Culture change, Leadership, Personal Lessons, Unconditional Positive Regard on Sep 9th, 2005 No Comments »
SELMAS conference at Stirling Management centre, SELMAS stands for Scottish Educational Leadership Management and Administration Society. The theme of the conference was Opportunities and Challenges for Educational Leadership at a Time of Change
A variety of speakers including Peter Peacock, Minister of Education and Young People, Professor Brian Boyd, University of Strathclyde and Professor John MacBeath, [...]
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