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ldr magazine

ldr autumn 2010




  • Feature articles

  • Watch for the traps at decision time

    You can radically improve your decision-making if you make yourself aware of potential traps, says headteacher Chris Luck.

  • Under pressure?

    With school budgets set to be significantly tighter in the new financial year, Nick Bannister talks to leaders about the measures they have taken to make the most of their resources.

  • Adapt to the challenge

    Adaptive leadership may sound like dry leadership theory, but it has proved its mettle in some of the most challenging real-life situations. Now children’s services leaders are putting it to the test with some encouraging results. Nick Bannister reports.

  • Other features

  • How to build a trust fund

    Trust is the bedrock of leadership and part of the foundation of any successful organisation, but what does it look like and how do leaders create it, asks Andrew Coleman.

  • CPD: getting it right

    Continuing professional development (CPD) is essential to the success of your school and the achievement of your pupils. But how do you create the right conditions for effective CPD, particularly when budgets are under pressure? Susan Robinson, headteacher of Cherry Orchard Primary School and Children's Centre in Birmingham takes a closer look.

  • "Keep the focus on the children"

    Children's centre manager Crin Whelan takes the ldr questionnaire on her approach to leadership – in thought and deed.