Football manager’s have more to teach me about school leadership than the NCSL
Writing a piece for my MA – a critique of Pat Collarbone’s (NCSL) keynote at a recent conference – I thought about teamwork. School leadership is about teams. Collarbone failed to inspire me to lead. Football managers inspire me to do better. Following football as I do, I am compelled by the plight of top-flight managers. They lead. The successful teams, as measured by a league table, are deemed to have great managers. What do these managers do? They get the best out of their players through support and challenge and relationships. Each player is different and demands a different balance of father-fuhrer. The leader must judge this to perfection. The manager is hit by injuries – key players unavailable. … Continue reading