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Comment on Memories from 2004 by __ LIPS – Leading in Public Schools » Blog Archive » These LIPS are sealed

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:02:05 +0000

[...] sought to emulate the sharing which had been seen on the NSW Primary Principals’ Association PASHN (Principals’ Association Self Help Network) which had been set up in Nov 2002. (Trove & [...]

Comment on Vale Joe. Thanks for the lift Mate! by Nicole

Nicole — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:18:57 +0000

Thanks Roger

Joe was thriving on the connections he had made and the possibilities those connections held.

Comment on Vale Joe. Thanks for the lift Mate! by barney

barney — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:22:03 +0000

Beautiful words. Life is ephemeral.It’s the connections we make, however brief and however tenuous, which enrich our lived experience. Thank you.

Comment on Vale Joe. Thanks for the lift Mate! by Sarah (Maya_Abeille)

Sarah (Maya_Abeille) — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:30:35 +0000

What a lovely tribute. Thank you.

Comment on Vale Joe. Thanks for the lift Mate! by Carol

Carol — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:01:12 +0000

Yes.

Thanks Roger.

For finding the words lots of us are struggling with.

Comment on Vale Joe. Thanks for the lift Mate! by Siobhan C

Siobhan C — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:47:45 +0000

Achingly sad.

Comment on Postcard from a place #1 by __ LIPS – Leading in Public Schools » Blog Archive » The moon and the stars

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:38:39 +0000

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Comment on The Polly Woodside by __ LIPS – Leading in Public Schools » Blog Archive » Paintings in an exhibition: change metaphors and a couple of views on leadership.

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:36:16 +0000

[...] Sixty or more years separate freshness which will surely fade fast from an icon which persists. Change happens yet we always have the possibility to retain vestiges of the past. This is how it should [...]

Comment on Looking from the inside out by __ LIPS – Leading in Public Schools » Blog Archive » Paintings in an exhibition: change metaphors and a couple of views on leadership.

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 04:44:10 +0000

[...] to changing leadership style to suit the context. Our natural sense of who and what we are; of how we see ourselves from the inside out, will have an impact. It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a [...]

Comment on Doing what’s BEST by __ LIPS – Leading in Public Schools » Blog Archive » Banging the same drum

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:20:42 +0000

[...] Leadership is best informed by a big picture view, along with the ability to zoom between close and longer fields. We live in a world where curious dichotomies exist between close local communities and the longer distributed social networks and internet communities. It is this context which shows, in stark relief, a need to employ a construct which is ‘tight, loose, tight. That is: we need to be tight around our expectations, what we see as important, what we want to be the outcome of what we do. We also need to be tight around the expectation that we be able to measure our success, our growth, our level of frustration: our performance. Then, like some chocolates, it is the bit in the middle that creates the excitement. It is the bit which empowers, which says: ‘Within this framework of clarity around expectation and evaluation, you have permission to make this happen in ways which suit your context, and which are undertaken to provide the best ‘lift’ possible’. – From ‘Doing what’s BEST‘ [...]