S3 Ep6: Helen Harrison - 'Prioritising What We're About'

Welcome to the latest edition of The Leadership Untitled Podcast, with me Rob Moors… the show where we seek to help leaders through a range of guests and stories, some hints and tips and maybe a bunch of mistakes that we made along the way, so you don't have to.

My guest this week is Helen Harrison. Helen is the Head Teacher at a local primary school; in fact, it's the school that both of my kids went to… Mossley Primary School in Congleton.

So, why a Head Teacher? Well, I think it's time we got back to grassroots when it comes to leadership; not so much the academic side, the models, the theories and the debates; what do our kids think about it? What do we teach our kids in school when it comes to leadership and how do we encourage them to experience leadership and followership?

Something that really struck me about speaking with Helen was just how much emphasis she and her school place on coaching, and I don't mean just the coaching of children, but the emphasis on coaching conversations and coaching amongst her staff, the teachers, and the conversations they then have with other people such as parents on parents’ evenings.

It’s a coaching approach, and an investment of time energy and money in that approach, that I think lots of corporates could really learn from.

So, join me in welcoming Helen to the show.