Episode 8 : Leading through growth.

Leading through growth

🎙️Educational leadership, learning design and organisational growth.

What do learning leaders in growing educational organisations really need to help teams and learners thrive? 

In this episode of 1AM Talks, Andry McFarlane and Rachael Palmer are joined by David West and Kirsty Fyfe from Brunel Academies Trust  (a MAT) to explore what learning leaders in growing educational organisations really need. 

We discuss how a coaching and one-to-one masterclass programme was designed to support managers and leaders in education,  through challenge, growth and change, and how that was shaped around the real context of the organisation,  rather than a one-size-fits-all model.

This is also a conversation about courageous leadership in education: being willing to learn, adapt, reflect and take others with you on the journey. David brings the organisational and programme lead perspective, while Kirsty reflects as a participant on growth, leadership and what it means to develop in role. Together they offer a deep discussion about supporting staff -  and the impact on  learners -  through a whole-organisational approach to development.

For HR, OD and L&D practitioners, this episode shows:

• how to design  leadership learning around the real needs of an educational organisation
• how coaching and masterclasses can support leaders, staff and impact on learners during growth and change
• The impact of gender on leadership in MAT 
• how courage, reflection and adaptation  enable strong leadership development programmes

We’d appreciate your ideas

What do learning leaders need most when a MAT  organisation is growing and changing?
How is your organisation supporting managers and leaders to learn while they lead?

Find out more

To find out more about your hosts Andry, Miranda, and Rachael:
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Our learning and development services  in the UK
https://thelearningmoment.org

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/andry-anastasis-mcfarlane-00617313

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Guest details

Kirsty Fyfe and David West – Brunel Academies Trust

David West — Guest Bio

David West is Director of People & Culture at Brunel Academies Trust.

He has worked for the NHS in employment law,  in an FE & HE College as a HR Business Partner, in the Motor Industry as HR Manager and currently, now back  in Education at Brunel Academies Trust.

He speaks in this episode from the perspective of leading the programme and supporting organisational growth through learning and development.

Kirsty Fyfe — Guest Bio

Kirsty is Head of Resourcing Services

at Brunel Academies Trust. In this episode Kirsty shares her personal participant perspective on her leadership development, growth and learning in practice at Brunel Academies Trust.

A bit about Kirsty’s career journey:“I studied for my MREC and moved into internal Education recruitment because although the idea of being a teacher was great, I knew I was better placed to work behind the scenes to find and place the right people in the right roles. So, I headed up Recruitment for a large Multi Academy Trust with 33 schools at the time and Central Office for seven years before joining Brunel Academies Trust.” 

Find out more:

https://www.brunel.org.uk

 

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