Mark Solomons, CEO of staff wellbeing specialists Welbee welcomes the DfE announcement to monitor staff happiness under a new Wellbeing Charter.
The Welbee team and I were delighted to read John Dickens’ article in Schools Week on the DfE’s commitment to staff wellbeing in schools.
It is right that school leaders are encouraged to put more …
Acknowledging, listening and responding to staff on an ongoing basis are three of the most important ways to ensure you give them a bigger voice and as a result they are more likely to thrive at work
While it’s right that staff need to take responsibility for their own performance and wellbeing, including while working …
This 26 minute video on leading staff wellbeing takes you through the key steps you should cover if you want to cut through the noise and know where to start and what to focus on for greatest impact.
The video covers:
What we mean by staff wellbeingThe major causes of poor staff wellbeingWhy you should improve …
One part of improving retention and staff wellbeing is to understand why people leave and to take appropriate action. Carrying out effective staff exit interviews is an important part of this.
While using a survey is a good way to collect anonymous feedback from those that are leaving, it doesn’t allow for probing or asking …
Whenever your current or prospective staff members interact with your school (and the people in it), they experience a ‘moment of truth’. In other words, your they are evaluating and likely to be thinking either “I want or don’t want to be a part of it!”
How these ‘moments of truth’ are handled will …
There is a competitive, moral and financial imperative for schools and MATs to build a culture where staff really matter.
At the centre of this needs to be a fundamental shift in your leadership behaviours, namely twelve leadership competencies that will affect the experience of every staff member at your school. These competencies are sometimes …
