Back in November 2019 - before the world went bonkers I wrote a blog on Positive Thinking and the School Business Manager. Maybe my positivity abandoned me at the time as it was never published and it has languished in my draft folder all this time. But can I tell you, I am in need... Continue Reading →
A House of Cards
When your confidence has gone, how do you find it again?
The nimble School Business Manager
Are you a nimble School Business Manager?
Dip your toe in the blogging pool
Want to have a go at writing a blog post? Here are some tips to get you started.
The Joy of Veg
I decided to eat vegetarian for the summer and I'm a total convert!
My SBM Summer Holiday
For this year's project I have decided that I'm not going to let this new-fangled technology beat me and I'm going to learn more about the design and management of this website
My First Fitbit week
I bought myself a Fitbit recently and Ive been surprised what it has taught me about myself
Choice matters
Throughout my life I've made choices. Some good ones, some which, with hindsight, were perhaps not so clever. We make choices that shape our life and we live with them.
Poverty in Education
We may be able to survive the here and now but by inequitably and under funding our children's education will bring consequences and we risk failing the whole human race!
What does ‘Professional’ look like? Part 2
I believe the School Business Professional needs their own career pathways and recognised progression...
What does ‘professional’ look like?
I believe that defining our role will give us the career pathways and progression we need
Change the World
The variety of the role of SBM is what most of us love about it but, at the end of March I'm taking it to a whole new level!
Those that fall behind…get left behind.
Do you remember where you were on the morning of the 24th June 2016?
Resilience? There are limits!
We all know there is a limit. I now recognise that I recently hit mine.
Let it Snow!
A snow day is a true test of the SBL skill in handling conflicting demands and prioritising. I'm thinking of making it an interview test...
Fate whispers to the warrior…
You cannot withstand the storm...and the SBL whispers back...I am the storm.
Keep Blogging – The world is listening
Blogging is such a good way to share good practice...and its an excellent well-being tool. Why not join in?
The benefits of blogging
A blogging life cant just be about work. We wind our whole selves into it...
Not just a Spider
For the past three months I have been sharing my morning shower with Spider...
Can I have a P please Bob?
Am I a School Business Professional? I think so, yes...are you?
It’s all about the Journey
We are SBLs. Lets stay out all day, running through fields, jumping in the puddles, swimming in the river and investigating anything of interest...
“It’s the experience that counts”
Not every SBM experience is the same...and that is a good thing.
Eat, Sleep, SBM, Repeat.
Wait until every problem is on top of you...then hit with everything you have got!
Victor’s Watch 7
Victor’s existence in the chapel had established a rhythm and routine that satisfied his need for orderliness...
Victor’s Watch 6
Juliet opened her eyes, shocked and disorientated at what she had just witnessed. “I don’t understand, have I blocked great sections of my life from my memory?”