Reflecting on Growth & Leadership
Reflection, including self-reflection, is perhaps the most valuable yet underrated tool in leadership.
About David Ivers
David Ivers is from Sydney, Australia. He is a qualified Primary and Secondary School Teacher. In total, he has served on school leadership teams for 16 years in senior leadership roles which include: Religious Education Coordinator, Curriculum Coordinator, and Leader of Pedagogy. He is currently a System Leader with Sydney Catholic Schools (Sydney, Australia), where he serves as Specialist: Religious Leadership. With studies in Anthropology / Sociology, Curriculum, Online Learning and Teaching, Information Communications Technology, Religious Education and Theology, Leadership, Communication, Policy Studies, Business, Management, and Educational Administration, he brings a diversity of skills and knowledge to the educational and leadership arena. In 2014 David Ivers completed the program “Improving Schools: The Art of Leadership” at Harvard Graduate School of Education. He has completed a (Graduate Level) Certificate in Executive Leadership from Cornell University and holds a Master of Educational Administration from the University of New South Wales, Australia. David completed the Company Directors’ Course and has since become a Graduate the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD) and is a Fellow of the Institute of Managers and Leaders (Australia and New Zealand) (FIML). He is also a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute (Great Britain and Ireland) (FRAI). A bibliography of his published papers can be found at: https://about.me/david.ivers
Website: https://about.me/david.ivers
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Posts by David Ivers:
Leadership: ‘Vision’
Nothing is more frustrating than a leader who is on fire with where we want to be but has no plan to get there.
Leadership: ‘On Mission’
Leadership is meant to be transformative in a positive way. At its core, leadership is intended to serve humanity by making a difference.
Leadership: Empathy and Care
Leadership, by its very nature, requires interaction with people: staff, customers, suppliers, and, more broadly, the wider community.
Leadership: Curiosity and Collaboration
If COVID-19 taught us anything, it was that when the chips are down, and people are forced to work from home, often in isolation from their colleagues, the need to collaborate becomes essential.
Leadership: Truth, Trust, and Excellence
For a leader to regularly achieve excellence means putting the important things first.
Leadership and Perception
How you perceive things, events, people, and interactions is an ongoing activity, second by second, minute by minute, day by day.
Leading for Impact
Your purpose becomes your objective, which leads to measurable outcomes. These outcomes are used to assess impact through quantitative and qualitative data.
Hidden Leadership
It might sound obvious, but great leaders usually have a great team behind them.
Staffing Matters
Clearly something is happening in the Labor Market, particularly in Government jobs.