TMTC

  The proposed Employment Rights Bill has prompted plenty of discussion across every sector, not just education. For HR Directors, bursars and senior leaders, it is already shaping conversations about policy, process and risk. Education organisations are rightly paying attention to what the changes could mean for probation, zero-hours arrangements, dismissal processes and day-one rights. […]

  Performance management carries a reputation that it does not deserve. For many leaders, the phrase immediately conjures images of confrontation, difficult meetings, raised emotions, and formal procedures. It feels heavy, personal, and risky. And because it feels that way, conversations are often delayed in the hope that issues will resolve themselves. They rarely do.

  Recruitment and retention are rarely talked about in the same breath as leadership behaviour. We tend to focus on processes instead: job adverts, interview questions, pay scales, onboarding plans. All important, of course. But they are rarely the deciding factor in whether people stay.What keeps people in education organisations,, particularly in challenging times, is