by Andrew Mowat
on March 10, 2011
in Book, Development, Education, Leadership, learning, Neuroscience, Psychology, Research, Resources, Teaching, Thinking
As David Rock writes in Your Brain At Work, mindfulness has long had association with spirituality, even religion. Ask someone to describe mindfulness, and if they can, they’ll often make reference to things like meditation, Buddhism, prayer or perhaps being one with nature. Whilst all these involve, even promote mindfulness, they are not, themselves, [...]
by Andrew Mowat
on March 7, 2011
in Book, Coaching, Communication, Development, Education, Leadership, Teaching, Workshops
Recently I wrote of the 5 hallmarks of a great listener. In summary, these were: Quiet mind listening Full observational attention on the speaker Listening for the speaker, not for you Absence of agenda, assumption, advice and judgment High self awareness Perhaps not surprisingly, great listeners are quite rare in our current world. Try counting [...]
by Andrew Mowat
on March 4, 2011
in Education, learning, Teaching, Thinking
Why are teachers so undervalued in today’s world, when, in so many ways, the profession should be the most highly valued? The Australian Federal government today released version 2.0 of the MySchools website. ABC news reports that “ the My School 2.0 revamp gives parents more information about school performance and reveals how much money each [...]
by Andrew Mowat
on March 2, 2011
in Book, Development, Education, Leadership, Performance, Thinking
So you think you are a great listener? Test yourself against these five traits and see how well you do. Give yourself a rating from 1 to 5 on each trait (1 is rarely or poorly expressed, 5 is habitually and permanently a part of the way you listen). 1. Quiet mind listening Great listeners [...]
by Andrew Mowat
on February 25, 2011
in Coaching, Development, Feedback, Performance
Reflect on Your Potential… Often, we plug away at our game, our job, our relationships without stopping to assess any corrections we could or might make. A bit like being in the trenches, head down, without ever coming up for air, and to see things as they are from some distance. Moments of reflection, whether [...]
by Andrew Mowat
on February 23, 2011
in Book
10. Treating the classroom as a place where you teach, but not learn In comparison to other professions, teachers have been historically slow to change and adapt. Professional development, in widespread use only in the last 30-40 years, has tended to be after hours of off site. Teachers have come to see that where I [...]
by John Corrigan
on February 22, 2011
in Development, Performance
We continue to develop our thinking around the importance of listening. We have discussed previously that we are able to listen on four distinct levels (downloading, attentive, empathic and emergent). What we have not understood previously is WHY do we have these four different levels (when we seem not to have an analogous system with [...]
by Andrew Mowat
on February 21, 2011
in Book
9. Pride over humility The ‘proud professional’ might experience an angry student swearing at them. The mind state of this persona interprets the misbehavior as a personal attack, and responds strongly from the Red Zone. Often, this sort of teacher will seek punishment and retribution applied from middle or senior school leadership. In other words, [...]
by Andrew Mowat
on February 17, 2011
in Book, Education, Leadership, learning, Teaching
8. Playing favourites It is easy, as a teacher (and as a parent or leader), to socially and emotionally reward those who meet your expectations and conditions. It is also just as easy to be socially and emotionally distant from those who don’t. This is a form of conditional respect (do as you are told [...]
by John Corrigan
on February 15, 2011
in Appraisal, Development, Performance
Sibson Consulting in conjunction with WorldAtWork publish reports on the global state of Performance Management. We have developed our approach based on what works in one of the most complex environments – schools – and the strengths of our approach match exactly what are regarded as the top three challenges in this area, and that [...]
New Educational Leadership program released for 2012
Ken Robinson: education is failing
Posted on October 3, 2011 in Book, Development, Leadership, Workshops
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