Matthew Evans-Leaders With Substance: An Antidote to Leadership Genericism in Schools

Priscilla Annan

62 min

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Matthew Evans is a headteacher, author and blogger. Leaders With Substance: An Antidote to Leadership Genericism in Schools is available now on Amazon. Follow @head_teach on Twitter. Gentle introduction- tell us about your journey to this point and how you came to write this book .   As you say at the start , despite the millions of words written on the subject , is leadership even a thing?    What remains of leadership and where does that leave this book?    Does a belief in generic (hollow) leadership skills serve as a false set of expertise?   Do we need need clever leaders and how robust is the evidence in this area ?    In the chapter on transient turnarounds , you outline some questions that leaders should be asking teachers right now ? Could you share some of this?    How do we lead best in distracting times ?    In chapter 7 what do you mean by curricular genericism?   How do we leave genericism behind?    Are schools led by experts? Should they be?    In portraying purpose you talk about vision citing martin Luther king . Tell us about the good and bad of vision    Outline what you mean by scripts and cultural memes . I was particularly struck by the deputy and the nqt in the car park .   How important is the duning-kruger effect in leadership?    How do we develop the next generation of leaders ? What skills should leadership programs develop?    In the indicators of change chapter why should school leaders have their finger on the pulse and not the trigger .   Could you tell listeners where they can find out more about you and where you will be speaki

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Matthew Evans-Leaders With Substance: An Antidote to Leadership Genericism in Schools

Priscilla Annan

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