Don't let anyone tell you that you are not bright, not clever and not full of potential. The really good news is that you can learn whatever skills you need to be more productive, more effective and more successful...
You can become whatever you really, really want to become. You can do whatever you really, really want to do. You can become a touch typist. You can become an expert with a computer. You can become a terrific negotiator. You can become a super salesperson. You can learn to speak another language. You can learn to play a musical instrument. You can learn to write effectively. You can run a marathon. These are all skills and abilities you can acquire, as soon as you decide to and make them a priority in your busy life.
Just do it.
Chris
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
This was the presentation I gave to Leadership Forum today...
Education Leeds…
releasing the potential and the magic
in a Children’s Services world.
releasing the potential and the magic
in a Children’s Services world.
“Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but by how we react to what happens, not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst, a spark that creates extraordinary results.”
A brilliant year and more to come…
…what was your highlight?
What do we want EDUCATION LEEDS to be?
SimplyBRILLIANT!
It’s not rocket science and there is no magic ingredient!
It’s about passion and commitment.
It’s about creativity!
It’s about imagination!
It’s about listening!
It’s about working together!
It’s about partnership!
It’s about networking!
It’s about your unique contribution!
It’s about releasing the potential and the magic!
AND… we still need a revolution!
A learning revolution… led by us!
A learning revolution… modeled by us!
AND… it’s not about more of the same!
It’s about re-imagining learning!
It’s about re-imagining our learning places!
It’s about re-imagining our services!
It’s about a STEP CHANGE in outcomes!
It’s about reaching family and home.. the FIRST Learning Space!
It’s about re-imagining school.. the SECOND Learning Space!
It’s about connecting with communities.. the THIRD Learning Space!
The Challenge!
We must continue to re-invent and re-engineer our learning provision and our learning places… building on the real excellence to eradicate the irrelevant, the second rate and the obsolete.
AND REMEMBER…
It is as simple as this…those who believe they can, can; and those who believe they can’t, can’t. …and it is no longer open to question.
And Finally!
Leadership is about: Passion, Enthusiasm, Appetite for Life, Engagement, Commitment, Great Causes, A Determination to Make a Difference, Shared Adventures, Bizarre Failures, Growth, and an Insatiable Appetite for Change. Otherwise, why bother?
The future..
We best way to predict the future is to create it for yourself. So we must build the future we want and we must continue to believe in ourselves and… practice… practice… and build brilliant!
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
The 'Good to Great' session yesterday at the Town Hall by Chris Moon highlighted some of the things I passionately believe help us build brilliant...
Chris Moon's 'Being Positive Pays' messages were:
Chris Moon's 'Being Positive Pays' messages were:
- Take personal responsibility;
- Never take things personally;
- Focus on the positives;
- Set goals and plan;
- Develop self-belief;
- Have positive personal pep talks;
- Don't do negative;
- Never give up.
Important messages for us all.
Chris
Saturday, September 13, 2008
I received this last night...
"Chris, As an ex-teacher from Leeds I have followed your blog for some time. Whether habits drive values and beliefs or values and beliefs drive habits is an interesting chicken and egg situation. The quickest way to change culture - and drive up performance - is to give managers a diferent way to manage people. To invest more time in relationships with staff to facilitate their personal and professional development as an ongoing priority, driven by the need to continually improve the service. Working to achieve a significant return on investment in relationships with employees makes it possible to create a step change in performance. Also have to make it a priority to rigourously manage underperformance and those that merely 'whelm'! Do get in touch if you would be intersted in a chat. I am already running a Progressive Managers' Network in Leeds and perhaps we can do something to help? www.progressivemanagersnetwork.co.uk"
I know that their are people and organisations out there who share my passion and belief in the critical importance of relationships in cultural change and the fact that people matter most in developing brilliant organisations.. Looks like I need to talk to the progressive managers network!
Chris
"Chris, As an ex-teacher from Leeds I have followed your blog for some time. Whether habits drive values and beliefs or values and beliefs drive habits is an interesting chicken and egg situation. The quickest way to change culture - and drive up performance - is to give managers a diferent way to manage people. To invest more time in relationships with staff to facilitate their personal and professional development as an ongoing priority, driven by the need to continually improve the service. Working to achieve a significant return on investment in relationships with employees makes it possible to create a step change in performance. Also have to make it a priority to rigourously manage underperformance and those that merely 'whelm'! Do get in touch if you would be intersted in a chat. I am already running a Progressive Managers' Network in Leeds and perhaps we can do something to help? www.progressivemanagersnetwork.co.uk"
I know that their are people and organisations out there who share my passion and belief in the critical importance of relationships in cultural change and the fact that people matter most in developing brilliant organisations.. Looks like I need to talk to the progressive managers network!
Chris
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
I passionately believe that anything you deeply and honestly believe you can achieve, you will achieve if you take persistent determined action to do it...
Whatever you dream for yourself, keep it at the front of your mind. Repeat it all day, every day and never, let go of it. Colleagues from the Pacific Institute tell us that when you concentrate all your mental and physical energy on a single purpose, forces that you never knew existed are sparked into action and magic happens.
This is the secret of that mythical thing called genius: you simply need to find what you love to do and then spend all your time doing it. It is also one of the keys to well-being and happiness. A wise person said: "once you find what you truly love doing, you will never have to work another day in your life".
Haven't you always wondered how people with far less talent, imagination, creativity and ability than you have achieved great things and changed the world. So go for it focus, concentrate, discipline yourself and make your dreams come true.
Chris
Whatever you dream for yourself, keep it at the front of your mind. Repeat it all day, every day and never, let go of it. Colleagues from the Pacific Institute tell us that when you concentrate all your mental and physical energy on a single purpose, forces that you never knew existed are sparked into action and magic happens.
This is the secret of that mythical thing called genius: you simply need to find what you love to do and then spend all your time doing it. It is also one of the keys to well-being and happiness. A wise person said: "once you find what you truly love doing, you will never have to work another day in your life".
Haven't you always wondered how people with far less talent, imagination, creativity and ability than you have achieved great things and changed the world. So go for it focus, concentrate, discipline yourself and make your dreams come true.
Chris
Monday, September 08, 2008
I've been thinking about how we might refresh the culture here at Education Leeds...
Our culture, our beliefs, attitudes, and values, determines our choices, our decisions, and our effectiveness. We know that beliefs, attitudes and values are the best predictors of individual behavior and that these things influence our perceptions, our judgements, and our behaviours. Research also indicates that beliefs, attitudes and values are powerful and highly resistant to change.
‘The way we do things round here’ is the culture and it is really important that we regularly check out what it is we all believe should be the beliefs, values and attitudes driving our work and shaping our behaviours.
Let me know what really, really matters to you. What makes you get out of bed in the morning?
Our culture, our beliefs, attitudes, and values, determines our choices, our decisions, and our effectiveness. We know that beliefs, attitudes and values are the best predictors of individual behavior and that these things influence our perceptions, our judgements, and our behaviours. Research also indicates that beliefs, attitudes and values are powerful and highly resistant to change.
‘The way we do things round here’ is the culture and it is really important that we regularly check out what it is we all believe should be the beliefs, values and attitudes driving our work and shaping our behaviours.
Let me know what really, really matters to you. What makes you get out of bed in the morning?
- what motivates or inspires you as a member of the team?
- what inhibits or demotivates you as a member of the team?
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