Empowering the Next Generation Podcast

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Empowering the next generation podcast dedicated to help anyone connected to preteens- and teens, to give tools, empower and inspire teachers, high school head teachers, and parents to build the futur... more

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The podcast currently has 17 episodes available.

Empowering the Next Generation Podcast episodes:

March 29, 2025 The 3 Types Of School Method
Rob Mcleod
An educator with 16 years of experience across private,public, and international schools. I help schools find alignment between their values, way of organizing and practices with the 3 Types of School model. He is passionate about practical change and helping educators feel like theirwork contributes meaningfully. Author of a book Schools That Give A F*** to be released August 2025.
Questions:
How did you end up in education?
Talk about your book Schools That Give a F**** and why senior leaders should buy it?
What main issues have you seen in schools that fuels yourpassion to define the 3 types of school model?
What are the 3 types of school & why are they importantfor teachers and schools to know about?
How do these 3 types impact parents and communication with the school?
How do these 3 types impact students?
What are ways school leaders, teachers, parents and students can apply the 3 types to their communication in education?
Social media links
Instagram - instagram.com/reinventing_education_podcast/?hl=en
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@reinventingeducation4593
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36min
March 29, 2025 Learning How To Walk In Darkness
Viv Grant: Executive Coach, Author andPublic Speaker
Viv Grant is known for her deep insightsinto leadership, vulnerability, and resilience. She is the Director of Integrity Coaching, London’s leading provider of coaching services for Headteachers and Senior School Leaders. Over her 30-year career in education. Viv has held a range of influential roles, including becoming one of theyoungest Headteachers in the country at age 31, while pregnant with her first child. She was appointed to turn around a failing primary school, a challenge that shaped her understanding of leadership and resilience in profound ways.
Questions
Why did you choose this title for your new book?
What message does it convey?
What are the main traits that are lacking in educational leadership , in terms of stress management?
How can school leaders use this book to ignite their inner leadership
How this book can be used in the classroom and beyond?
Social Media
www.facebook.com/integritycoachingltd
www.linkedin.com/in/integritycoaching
www.integritycoaching.co.uk
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33min
October 17, 2024 Understanding The Concept of "Inner Leadership"
Viv Grant: Executive Coach, Author and Public Speaker
Viv Grant is known for her deep insights into leadership, vulnerability, and resilience. She is the Director of
Integrity Coaching, London’s leading provider of coaching services for Headteachers and Senior School Leaders. Over her 30-year career in education,
Viv has held a range of influential roles, including becoming one of the youngest Headteachers in the country at age 31, while pregnant with her first child.
She was appointed to turn around a failing primary school, a challenge that shaped her understanding of leadership and resilience in profound ways.

Topic : Understanding the concept of “Inner
Leadership”
1.    How do you define Inner Leadership?
2.     Why do you think this concept matters in terms of
educators and leadership both in the classroom and beyond?
3.     What do you thinkgets in the way of individuals developing this capacity?
4.     Very often, you talk about the 5 C's of inner leadership can you expand upon these and how did you discover the 5’s C?
5.     Staying A head: talk about your book "The stress management secrets for school leaders"
6.     Last word to inspire other leaders in high school
communities
Social Media
www.facebook.com/integritycoachingltd
www.linkedin.com/in/integritycoaching
www.integritycoaching.co.uk
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32min
August 10, 2024 Developing The Topics Of Inclusion & Diversity Among Students
Hannah Wilson is a Leadership Development consultant, coach and trainer. She is the Co-Founder of #WomenEd and #DiverseEd. She is the Co-Editor of Diverse Educators: A Manifesto.She previously taught English, Drama and Media Studies over a 20 year career in schools. She has held multiple leadership roles including Head of Department, Head of Year, Assistant/ Deputy/ Executive Headteacher and trust-wide/ Teaching School wide roles as well. Find out more about the services, resources and training that she and the REAL (Resilient Empowered Authentic Leaders) team provide here: www.hannah-wilson.co.uk Find out more about the services, resources and training that she and the Diverse Educators team provide here: www.diverseeducators.co.uk

Twitter Handles: ● https://twitter.com/Ethical_Leader● https://twitter.com/DiverseEd2020

LinkedIn Profile and Testimonials
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-wilson-fcct-frsa-60951456/
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27min
August 10, 2024 Build Meaning Connections With Your Child
Anne Alvares is a Parent Coach of the Masterful Parenting Program, a School Counsellor, Teacher and mom of two. With her over 20 years working with families, Anne has a passion for helping parents to gain confidence in their parenting. She has had over 15 years, working with teens, as a High School Counsellor. She knows what teens need, what they struggle with, and how they think and feel about things. In her Masterful Parenting Program, Anne helps parents to heal from their childhood pain so they can nurture healthy relationships with their children through relational parenting. If you are interested in learning more about relational parenting, you can connect with Anne. Her business links are below:

Website
https://www.annealvares.com/
Instagram
alvares_jo

TV show
https://winwinwomen.tv/show/masterful-parenting youtube.com/channel/UC5JFNO4X9m0mdaVqEWrOmN
masterfulparenting.podbean.com
Facebook link
facebook.com/masterfulparenting
Linked
Inlinkedin.com/in/anne-alvares-parent-coach-counsellor-teacher-7b5755a9
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22min
June 14, 2024 How Tech Can Close The Attainment Gap?
George Barlow

He has been working in schools for 13 years. He is currently Principal at Belgrave St. Bartholomew’s Academy and started there as a Sport Coach. He has a passion for teaching and learning with a focus on research informed pedagogy. He has an Apple Professional learning specialist supporting schools with implementing technology to enhance practice and Pedtech. I have a passion for raising aspirations for children and smashing through glass ceilings for those in
disadvantaged areas!

Topic: How Tech can close the attainment gap?
These are the question I will be asking you

How did you start career as a primary school headteacher? Why you wanted to become one?
Why do leaders feel the need to be masters of everything?
Why is technology the answer to closing the attainment gap?
How can being positive can transform lives and cultures?
Why is your ‘why’ so important?
What is your last inspiring word for parents, teachers and other high school senior leaders?

You can connect with him
Twitter: @Barl1988
LinkedIn: George Barlow
([email protected])
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21min
June 02, 2024 Racial Equality In Leadership
Dean Gordon NPQH
Federation Headteacher
Phoenix Federation

Dean Gordon is an accomplished educator who has
made significant contributions to the field of education. In 2015, he assumed the position of Head of School at Grinling Gibbons Primary School. Dean's vision played a pivotal role in the 2021 relaunch of Grinling Gibbons and Lucas Vale Primary when they merged under the name of the Phoenix Federation. He was later appointed as Federation Headteacher in 2022. Dean strongly advocates for race equality. His efforts have seen Grinling Gibbons awarded the Gold Race and
Conscious Equality Charter Mark and Lucas Vale a Silver award.
Grinling Gibbons Primary
@Ggibbonsps
Instagram –
@ggibbonsps
Lucas Vale Primary
@lucasvaleps
Instagram –
@lucas_vale_primary
Dean Gordon
@MrDeanMG
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41min
May 13, 2024 How To FosTer A conducive Work Environment
Rob Kamranpoor, founder of RK Leadership and a seasoned leader in the utility industry, launched his venture 2023 to provide personalized coaching. A Professional Engineer with an MBA and LLM, Rob excels in project management, operational efficiency, and building engaged teams. He aims to enhance leadership skills across various sectors, helping leaders achieve their goals and advance their careers

We answered specific questions that can help you navigate how the traits of good leadership
• How did you start your journey as a leadership coach? What was the pivotal factor for change?
• What do staff complain the most about in most organizations?
• What are the main traits of good leadership from what you have seen so far?
• How do you define a toxic environment? How do we foster a conducive work environment?
• How should senior leaders encourage their staff to develop their leadership skills?
• What is your last word for parent, teachers, and senior leaders?

His socials:
Rob Kamranpoor P.Eng, MBA, LL.M ✭ | LinkedIn
Rob Kamranpoor | Leadership Coach (@rk_leadership) • Instagram photos and videos(2)
RK Leadership - YouTube
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27min
April 20, 2024 How To Lead Well
Vicki Maguire
Vicki started teaching in 1997.  She became a Head of English in 2004 and worked in two schools as an Assistant Headteacher from 2010 until 2016 when she was appointed to a position as a Deputy Headteacher. During her time as a school leader, Vicki trained as a coach and developed her coaching skills supporting staff and pupils in each of the schools in which she worked by adopting a coaching philosophy and leadership style and using coaching to support pupil and staff development.  Since making the decision to leave teaching to set up her own coaching business, Vicki has worked with many different organisations.

She is a Leadership Performance Coach on the NPQH national leadership programme.  She has created and presents the We Lead Well podcast on which she interviews headteachers, school leaders and prominent educationalists about leadership and wellbeing and she has created and delivers the Women Lead Well group coaching programme for female school leaders.  In 2021, she gained accreditation as a consultant for Resilient Leaders Elements (www.resilientleaderselements.com). She has just completed her 500 coaching hours for her ICF PCC accreditation.

These are the key
points we discussed about:
How did you start career as a leadership coach?
What’s the link between wellbeing and leadership?
How can we show kindness in our leadership?
How can we show love in difficult conversations?
What is the most importance element of effective leadership?
What inspiring message would you say to parent, teacher or senior leader?

Her social media links
E: [email protected]
T: @WeLeadWellPodc1
W: www.weleadwell.co.uk
L:   ⁠(1) Vicki Maguire
| LinkedIn
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37min
April 05, 2024 The Importance Of Leadership Coaching
Bukky Yusuf is a Thought Leader and Trustee
undertaking leadership roles within mainstream and special school settings. Bukky is a Leadership Development Coach, with extensive Ed(ucation)
Tech(nology) experience.

We talked about:

How did she start her career as
a leadership coach?
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How can senior leaders
recognize their leadership styles?
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How can they lead in
authentic ways?
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The importance of inner work
as a leader
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How can we address
self-sabotage and imposter syndrome?
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What leadership myth we must
debunk
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The importance of being
coached or mentored
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Last message to inspire any high school senior
leader, parent, teacher
You can reach out Bukky through social media
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bukky-yusuf-fcct-frsa-18893647/
YouTube
BYusuf Teach, Lead, Coach - YouTube(242)
Assistive technology, CPD in Edtech and Esports in Education - The Edtech Show
#EP9 - YouTube
Website
Teaching… Leading…
Coaching – Sharing my experiences as an educational leader and consultant
(wordpress.com)
Insta
Bukky
Yusuf (@bukkyyusufofficial) • Instagram photos and videos
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27min

FAQs about Empowering the Next Generation Podcast:

How many episodes does Empowering the Next Generation Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 17 episodes available.