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.

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!

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