When you cannot see the wood for the trees it can be very difficult to know what you need to improve as a senior leader.

With that in mind I put something together - a five minute assessment tool.

Before their promotion they were happily running their own show. Their own team, own area, own budget, own set of activities. Separate from the rest, happily existing in its own ecosystem.

Occasionally they might have walked past a senior team meeting. There they are, coffee in hand, biscuits within reach having a chat. About something. How hard can it be?

Accountability is an inevitable part of the job. The more senior you go the more stakeholders get involved in this process, including those who you may only see rarely.

Each meeting of this type, and report to go with it, is wasted if only used once. It can be used in multiple ways with multiple audiences, including for ways which make your life as a senior leader easier.

Some public sector senior leader job descriptions are INSANE.

The perpetual time crunch is a very common issue.

Three key challenges are described here.

‘Gen Z solutions for leaders and organisations no.3. Regular and precise feedback. Recruitment, retention, motivation, engagement, training.’

Gen Z solutions for leaders and organisations no.2. Authenticity is key. If you want to recruit, retain and motivate the most able you must be who you say you are.

I enjoyed talking to Lucas Kemper from Haringey Education Partnership on the HEP Talks podcast.

Gen Z solutions for leaders and organisations no.1. If you want to recruit, retain and motivate the most able you need to be ultra-clear.

The final blog on Generation Z characteristics. For employers who are able to show what the future will look like for their employees there is much to build upon.

There may be plenty of jobs around. The same cannot be said of careers.

Gen Z is the generation which attended the secondary schools I led from 2006 to 2018. In recent years I have seen Generation Z described in ways I did not recognise, or appreciate.

This is the first of a series of blogs about them and their huge, as yet mostly untapped, potential to meet the challenges of today.

Here are 5 questions you need to consider

There are many possibilities for a workplace to become more equal, diverse and inclusive post-pandemic if an organisation chooses to pursue them.