The We Lead Well Podcast

Bianca Greenhalgh is in her first year as headteacher at The Gatwick School.  In this interview, she is brutally honest about the reality of taking on your first headship and doing so with authenticity. @BCGreenhalgh www.transformeducationcoach.com @WeLeadWellPodc1 www.headteacherchat.com www.teachwellalliance.com aRYVrHCEpukFwDYshiJ7

Simon is the headteacher at Black Horse Primary near Bristol.  He has written numerous blogs about leadership and what it is to be a head.  You can find him on Twitter at @southgloshead and you can read his brilliant blogs at https://southgloshead.wordpress.com/ www.transformeducationcoach.com www.headteacherchat.com www.teachwellalliance.com @WeLeadWellPodc1  

In this episode we welcome Vivienne Porritt, co-founder and one of the strategic leads of the WomenEd movement.  She's the co-editor of '10% Braver: Inspiring Women to Lead Education'.  Vivienne is also the Vice President of the Chartered College of Teaching and is a former secondary headteacher. @ViviennePorritt www.transformeducationcoach.com www.headteacherchat.com www.teachwellalliance.com  

Yamina is an assistant head in a high school.  She recently won the We Are the City Rising Star Award in Education and Academia for the amazing work she has done advocating for women Muslim leaders in education and coaching in schools.  In the interview she talks about how coaching can support wellbeing in a school and how you can set up a coaching programme in your own school.  Yamina is a pocket dynamo!  She is a passionate educationalist and determined to make a difference in education. In today's show, I asked you to support the bake sale and fundraising being done by my friend's daughter 6 year old Sophie who has been battling leukaemia for the last two years of her life.  She is trying to raise money for the two charities that have supported her through her illness.  You can donate here: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/lisa-gamble-2?utm_term=YK4RYw3yn  missyb@wordpress @msybibi www.transformeducationcoach.com www.headteacherchat.com www.teachwellalliance.com

Victoria is a primary school headteacher in the North West. She is a mum, of two teenagers. In her spare time she is a British Army reservist, in military intelligence, no less!  Not only that, she has completed two MAs (in equality & diversity and educational Leadership) and a doctorate, and is currently studying for a third MA at Bucks New University in military history. She loves sport, and baking, and the outdoors. She recently presented a TEDx talk at Chester University on the power of language and how we can all be everyday heroes. www.transformeducationcoach.com www.headteacherchat.com @happyhead74 @WeLeadWellPodc1

Peter is an experienced public speaker, teacher, trainer and coach with a wealth of experience, of leadership, management, personal development and education. He now works with businesses,  organisations & schools to help develop the strategies and momentum to meet the challenge of change and achieve their goals. Peter is an accredited GCologist and works with leadership and staff teams to enable rapid growth and development. In this episode, Peter tells the story of his burnout as a senior leader in a large comprehensive school, how he has bounced back from that and shares his knowledge and experience of how to improve your wellbeing as a teacher or senior leader. https://www.beyondthis.co.uk/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Teaching-Keep-essential-well-being/dp/1785835033 www.transformeducationcoach.com www.headteacherchat.com www.teachwellalliance.com  

With 16 years’ experience leading secondary education, including six years as a successful head teacher in a London secondary school; Diana works at the cutting edge of education and school improvement. She is known as a resilient school leader, skilled in urban leadership under challenging circumstances. Diana has substantial success in developing school wide models that strategically enhance the quality of teaching and learning across the curriculum and can couple sound strategic vision whilst giving clear operational direction. She lectures on a MEd in Educational Leadership for a UK university as well as teaching the Masters program in Educational Leadership for the National College of Education. Diana is also school inspector with developed expertise scrutinizing school wide systems. ‍With a proven track record of developing leaders via bespoke training programs, Diana specializes in supporting organisations to grow their leadership culture in order for leaders already established and those improving to flourish. She and has established capability in mentoring and supporting leaders facing challenging circumstances and change. ‍

In this episode we finally meet the founder of our partner organisation Headteacher Chat.  Jonathan talks about the importance of networking and why he set up the Headteacher Chat network to support headteachers and leaders in schools to feel part of a supportive community. www.transformeducationcoach.com www.headteacherchat.com www.teachwellalliance.com  

In this week's episode, we welcome back the amazing Julie Norman.  Julie and I talk about how we can lead differently to support the wellbeing and happiness of the staff in our schools. https://schoolomegasolutions.co.uk/about-the-quality-first-education-system/ @julienorman1970 www.transformeducationcoach.com www.headteacherchat.com www.teachwellalliance.com    

In this week's episode, we discuss a really important issue when it comes to wellbeing in schools, and that's the menopause.  With a majority of school staff being women, and a significant number of those over 40, the menopause has a major impact on the health and wellbeing of staff in schools and it's time to start talking about it and, more importantly, doing something about it.  This episode is not just for women either.  Male school leaders have a responsibility to look after their staff and this includes women experiencing the menopause or menopausal symptoms.  So, I asked Nicky Bright, ex-head of Bruton School for Girls and leadership development consultant to join me for this episode.