Dear Anna, I am finding my role as a School Business Manager very challenging at the moment for a variety of reasons. Could you give me some tips to reduce stress please?
Ask Anna – Tips to reduce stress?
Ask Anna – What is a self-selecting team?
Dear Anna, What is a self-selecting team and how do I set one up?
Challenging Stereotypes
You would think five people with similar nurturing and life experiences would be alike in some aspect...but no...not in our gang!
Ask Anna – Should I join Twitter?
I'm nervous about using Twitter for work but I'm hearing about the opportunities for CPD, support and well-being. Should I join in?
Ask Anna – How long should I wait?
Dear Anna, I applied for an exciting new job three weeks ago, and I've been constantly checking my emails ever since.
Ask Anna – Presentation of Financial Data
Dear Anna, How do you present financial data to your Governors?
Your No 1 priority is You
You owe it to yourself and your family to look after you...
Yeah right, Confucius.
I love my job, I make no secret of that. Its just that I dont love it every day...
Ask Anna – What Support is available?
Dear Anna, What support is available for SBMs and SBLs who want to gain leadership experience and secure leadership roles?
Ask Anna – I’m finding collaboration difficult.
Dear Anna, I've been an SBM for a long time and my problem is that I find working with local SBMs difficult.
Ask Anna – Mindfulness for an SBM
Dear Anna, What exactly is 'Mindfulness' and how can it help make me a better SBM?
Ask Anna – Tired of pinching pennies?
Dear Anna, I’ve been working as an SBM for 7 years and, to be quite honest, I’m getting really tired of having to manage every year with rising uncontrollable costs squeezing school funding so there is nothing left for anything other than the necessities...
Workforce reform and SBMs, another view
An important part of being in the blogging community is to engage with it, even if you do it controversially...
What happened to ‘Contentment’?
If we are going to keep living here...we need to make some changes...
Ask Anna – Tips for SBMs starting in new roles.
Dear Anna, you've written some tips for new SBMs, got any for the experienced SBM moving into a new school this year?
Ask Anna – A weekend question
Dear Anna, At the weekend, how much wine is too much wine?