Be More Toddler with Emma Turner Transformative Principal 340

Jul 19, 2020

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Emma Turner is the author of a new book called “Be More Toddler”

Co head teacher in 2009.
5 babies in 5 years, multiple maternity leaves.
Flip leadership and think about it differently.
Chocolate buttons - What is it that means the most to you that you are going to hold on to no matter what?
The Magic Weaving Business - passion, wisdom, righteous indignation
Finding things you think are wrong help you see what needs to be right.
Leadership is for the many not the few.
Leadership doesn’t have a uniform.
It was just us getting on with the work as it needed to get done.
You can’t just have one kind of person leading.
More people need to learn
For some people, experience brings confidence.
Leadership is a state of mind.
The greatest thing a leader can do is develop an organization that can run in their absence as well.
Leadership isn’t difficult - kids do it all the time.
Toddlers’ evidence is everywhere.
Toddlers lead all the time and they can’t speak or go to the bathroom.
Moral buy-in - doing the right thing.
Make your place people want to be - children have a huge emotional driver
Clear plan for achievement - You know what’s best for that kid.
If you get those three things right, everything else falls into place.
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