After another interesting week, I realise once again that Education Leeds is our organization to make work and it’s not “them” that’s the problem; if there is one, it's us. I adapted this from some materials I read by Tom Peters...

• This is a team game and we must all be team players.
• We should dump the power and the control freaks.
• We should share everything on the web.
• We must develop openness and transparency so that everything is available to everyone.
• “Integrated joined up solutions” should underpin our culture.
• We should only partner with the “best”.
• Remember all schools are created equal and all schools contribute equally!
• Remember professionalism and excellence are the watchwords.
• We must all invest in re-wiring our organisations.
• We must all live the Leeds Brand.
• We must become fans of co-operation and partnership.
• We must all use the words “partner”, "team", "we" and "us".
• We should obsessively seek inclusion.
• Buttons & Badges & T-shirts matter.
• We must work on team identity and solidarity.
• We must develop rewards and incentives.
• Losing, like winning, is a team affair.
• Blame is not part of our culture.
• Every member of our team matters.
• We need to nurture “Wow Projects”, large or small that demand by definition excellence.
• We must unearth and reward cooperation and partnership working.
• People want the opportunity to do something memorable.
• Colleagues who shine in the working together bit should be rewarded.
• To improve and develop our new culture little teams should be formed on the spot to deal with urgent issues.
• We must make it normal to be “working together.”
• Project “management” experience should become as natural as breathing;
• Everything we do should be about pursuing and developing excellence.
• We must pick partners based on their ability to co-operate and work in partnership.
• We must talk partnership and value-added at every opportunity.

I would as always welcome your comments and feedback.

Chris