Tag: life
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Care Experienced Parent Charter – Listening, Learning and Leading
by Aimee Thorpe-Mundt The Care Experienced Parent Charter is a newly launched collaboration between The Why Not? Trust for Care Experienced People (WNT from now on), Staf, The Promise Scotland, Early Years Scotland and Aberdeen City Council. It is an accessible document, with seven recommendations to improve the experience of care experienced people as they…
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Leadership and me
by Gary Brown Introduction In previous blogs, I have reflected on how my upbringing and environment have shaped who I am. I recognise that my family, friends, education, and experiences of travel have all influenced not only who I am, but how I approach my role within the NLN. The arts have also had a…
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What The NLN Has Taught Me About Leadership
by Susanne Richards When I first got involved with the NLN, I couldn’t have imagined what it would teach me about leadership. I was still a teenager, and pictured a leader as someone with much more experience, knowledge and power than I had. Over time as my roles changed, something quite unusual happened. My title…
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Making space for care-experienced leaders
by Susanne Richards Introduction For a long time, I believed that leadership was a natural personality trait: that you were either born a leader or you weren’t. But if you spend any time with care-experienced young people, you quickly realise that their leadership isn’t the problem. Opportunity is. Care-experienced young people navigate systems and processes…
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Leadership
A journey with the National Leadership Network Introduction Over the last few years, through the National Leadership Network (NLN), I have been encouraging people to write blogs, and what a joy that has been. I have loved reading so many thoughtful reflections on leadership. I have learned a great deal and have often felt genuinely…
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A Journey of Becoming
by Lee Davidson Leadership, for me, has never been about titles or positions. It’s been a slow, soul-deep becoming, shaped by lived experience, not in spite of it. I’ve walked through spaces that told me my story was too much, too raw, too complicated. I’ve felt the sting of systems that flatten people into data…
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Declan’s Leadership Blog
Declan Andrew talks personally about leadership Throughout life you have numerous people above and around you, some can lead, some can manage. Rarely do you get someone that can do both to a high standard. In fact it’s sometimes impossible to do both. Managing is ensuring those below are doing what they are meant to…
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