Product reviews for Leadership Dialogues

Often when you buy a leadership book, you read it and that's it. However, Leadership Dialogues is no such book. This book, along with its resources, has made a huge impression on my leadership, enabling me to do my job more effectively and also reflect on my practice. Being an SLE for Tidal Teaching School, I was tasked with developing a leadership development programme. Having read the book, this resulted not only in using the resources but building a course around it.

The book is forward thinking and very much has the busy school leader in mind. It is evident that the authors have considered the audience. The book is innovative in that it is accessible, being easy to dip in and out of at appropriate times for points of reference and reflective pieces. The most innovative aspect of the book is the resources; the practical and experience-based nature of them has been a great addition to my leadership toolkit.

The impact on the learning in the classroom is primarily around leadership.

The very title -˜dialogue' enables thought and reflection: it is a book that is very much part of my leadership reference. It has had an impact when I am considering whole-school strategic teaching and learning or preparing for a difficult conversation.

This book is extremely cost-effective: packed full of practical resources that can be printed and applied to different settings. This is a real strength of the book. Often you just get the book; with this book it very much feels like you have been given the lessons in leadership life to go alongside it. Experience but based in a practical way that is easy to understand and makes you think.