51: Iesha Small: Part 1 Educational Leadership Series: Unconventional Leadership

Episode Snapshot

Kelly Long chats with Iesha Small, an Assistant Headteacher at a mixed 11-16 comprehensive school in Hertfordshire, in the UK.  Iesha writes a leadership blog as well as runs Mindshackles, a website dedicated to sharing the personal stories of reclaiming life from mental ill health.

In the first episode of the Educational Leadership series, Kelly and Iesha discuss the challenge of unconventional leadership and how to overcome the bridge between perceived understanding of what leadership entails and its truth.

Teacher Parent Relationship Techniques that Work!

Your first interaction with a parent should always be a positive one!

Parents are partners, not adversaries.

Professional Challenge – Unconventional leadership

Why should you become a Senior Leader?

The three questions you need to ask of yourself to determine your core leadership values.

What should be at the centre of every decision that you make?

Best Advice

"Leadership is always better in person!"

Positive Habits 

“Don't forget the Goose!" to illustrate that one person cannot assume to rise above another.

Best Educational Resources

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

Leading with Questions: How Leaders Find the Right Solutions by Knowing What to Ask  by Michael J. Marquardt

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown 

How great leaders inspire action: Simon Sinek