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Performance, Resilience, Support - the support group for Headteachers in Devon
When I was a headteacher in Devon, I often felt isolated and left alone to manage complex problems: - Managing difficult parental...

Claire Platt
Sep 152 min read


Performance, Resilience, Support: A Lifeline for headteachers in Devon
📣 Headteachers and Heads of School in Devon 📣 🤔 Who do you turn to when you're experiencing sleepless nights because of challenges in...

Claire Platt
Sep 122 min read


Women's Leadership Network Feedback
“Refreshing, honest, insightful and real.” That’s how one woman described her experience at our first Devon Women’s Leadership Network...

Claire Platt
Aug 11 min read


Feeling isolated?
Leadership can feel lonely… But it doesn’t have to. I've coached many women who, on the surface, appear to be high achievers. They are...

Claire Platt
Jul 312 min read


When I 'fvcked up': leadership mistakes
When I 'Fvcked Up'... Last week I posted about the recent 'Fvcked Up' event I attended in Plymouth and promised to write a post about my...

Claire Platt
Jul 302 min read


Are you a woman leader in Devon or Cornwall?
🤔 Are you a lone woman in a man's world at work? Or in the minority as a woman leader? 🤔 Do you struggle to let your voice be heard? 🤔...

Claire Platt
Jul 302 min read


From Headteacher to Executive Leader: Letting Go to Lead Well
“I think I’m a bit controlling,” James (not his real name) said with a smile in one of our early coaching conversations. He wasn’t...

Claire Platt
Jul 145 min read
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