Issues in Black & White

Reflections, what nexts and highlights... Thank you for listening! 

This week, Lara and Lesley welcome Joy to discuss teaching and leading with zeal, passion, enthusiasm...whatever you want to call it!

Youthfulness - the quality of being similar to or typical of young people. This week, Lesley and Lara discuss what it means to 'stay young' and whether youthfulness always equals naivety. 

Womanhood - the qualities considered to be natural to or characteristic of a woman. This week, Lara and Lesley discuss what womanhood means to each of them and why it is such an important quality in the workplace.

Vision - the ability to think about and plan the future with imagination and wisdom. This week, Lesley and Lara discuss the real meaning of vision - not the corporate buzz word version - and try to get to the bottom of how and why vision is so important in our personal and professional lives.

Unity - the state of being joined together or in agreement. This week, Lara and Lesley explore why we're better together.

This week, Lara and Lesley welcome Jo to discuss training and coaching and how to support teachers on their leadership journey.

Spontaneity - the quality of being natural rather than planned in advance. Lara and Lesley discuss the benefits of being a bit spontaneous...despite not being particularly spontaneous themselves!

Reliability - the quality of being trustworthy or of performing well. This week, Lesley and Lara discuss whether reliability really is an important quality and why.

Questioning - to feel or express curiosity; raise objections to. Lelsey and Lara discuss the importance of questioning assumptions and questioning the world around us.