Unlocking Growth
Based on Gary Hosey’s Pecha Kucha at the Staff Development Forum’s Festival of Learning November 2024 What if you could reprogram your brain to fuel… Read More »Unlocking Growth
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Intellect and individual endeavour in Belbin’s Apollo teams
Unpicking ‘clever’: teams, intellect and individual endeavour in Apollo teams “Before we tinker with the team design, let’s verify the basic principles. In a business… Read More »Intellect and individual endeavour in Belbin’s Apollo teams
The Future of Leadership Development: Culture, Innovation and Wellbeing
Professor Christina Hughes delivered a keynote on Leadership Development during the SDF Festival 2024, highlighting challenges in university environments and the importance of emotional intelligence… Read More »The Future of Leadership Development: Culture, Innovation and Wellbeing
The Art of Self-Validation
We all like validation at work. We all need it to some degree to give ourselves a confidence boost. To provide evidence for our next… Read More »The Art of Self-Validation
Aurora: Leading through action
For Dr Joanna Pearce, leadership isn’t about a title – it’s about action. As a lecturer and course coordinator in the School of Business and… Read More »Aurora: Leading through action
Breaking barriers and building leaders
In the world of higher education leadership, few stories are as inspiring as that of Professor Sally Jackson. From overcoming a devastating car accident that… Read More »Breaking barriers and building leaders
FEBI as a key tool to create resilient teams
“We’re a team,” says a key staff member. “We have each other’s backs, and support each other, especially when things get tough.” This message is… Read More »FEBI as a key tool to create resilient teams
Reflections from a retiring Head of Staff Development
It’s my last few weeks at my desk on Streatham Campus at the University of Exeter, having led a team of staff developers for the… Read More »Reflections from a retiring Head of Staff Development