Last week I was at a conference for people development folk, like me. Inevitably much of the chat was about how we support leaders and teams with navigating uncertainty. This […]
Leadership: What happens when you are not there?
Reflecting on how much time, by which I mean how little, I spend directly with my team (and I’m not just thinking about the pandemic, but before then too), it […]
Circling Around Leadership
That shifting sand of the leadership landscape right now is a thing, yes, you feel it too? Ideas about the world of work and leadership that have been bubbling up […]
Welcome Back
We’ve had a bit of a blog break as we needed time to do some thinking and planning and, of course, enjoy the summer! But now the energy of the […]
Inclusive Leadership
What does inclusive leadership actually mean? There are so many unwritten rules about being at work, it can be hard to navigate them: the team norms, the different preferences for […]
Leadership: Now and Next
Colleagues reading this who have some kind of leadership function in the University may be feeling a weight of responsibility beyond their previous expectations. Risk assessments, virtual team discussions, complete […]
Learning is Clumsy
I heard this phrase from a speaker at a conference recently and was struck by it. When we envisage learning we perhaps have utopian ideas that we will positively embrace […]
The Productivity of Letting Go
As I read yet another list of amazing things to do in lockdown, from PE with Joe Wicks to micro-volunteering, I ask myself for the zillionth time whether I feel […]
Being a bit more Queeny
CCCU Aurorans met to reflect, writes Kerry Jordan-Daus. Provoked, supported and challenged by Dr Jane Lewis, we reflected on our own leadership. Whether you are a Queen, a Mother, a Warrior, […]