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Services

Professional Development & Training Workshops

  • High yield leadership behaviours
  • Giving and receiving feedback
  • Feedback and performance development
  • Leading difficult conversations
  • Embracing change
  • Building trust
  • Leading with Kindness
  • Deep collaboration

Leadership Consulting

  • School review
  • Effecting a school improvement agenda
  • Strategic planning and turning policy into practice
  • Change management and organizational culture
  • Collaboration and consistency of practice

ExecutiveCoaching

  • One-on-one
  • Small group/team coaching
  • Community of practice facilitation

360° Feedback

 

Professional Services Available

 The services provided are tailored to fit the context and personalized to meet
the needsof the individuals or groups that Boyd is working with.

 

Professional Services Available

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Professional development and training methods employed by Boyd demonstrate a clear understanding of andragogy with a heavy focus on proven adult learning strategies particularly pre-readings, role plays, modelling and practice exercises.

 

All of the services provided are firmly grounded in literature and empirical research, flavoured and seasoned by Boyd’s extensive experience and achievements.

Testimonials

"Thankyou Boyd for the
well-structured and highly relevant
workshops. All material has been linked, examples provided, questions answered and constant review to ensure our understanding. Loved it and greatly appreciate your work and passion."

Head of Department,
Burnside SHS

"Boyd doesn’t just talk about
strategies, he models them and supports
participants in developing confidence in
their own application of these strategies.
As a school leader I would not hesitate to recommend Boyd and his programs for the growth of leadership teams."

Anthony Lanskey,
Principal Gympie SHS

Great resources. Realistic scenarios.
Presenter speaking from experience.
This is gold.
The modelling and role playing allowed time to use the knowledge and skills gained. Engaging presenter. "

Heads of Department
Burpengary State Secondary College

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High Yield Leadership Behaviours

  • How do you enable your staff to grow and achieve to their full potential?
  • Do your staff receive regular feedback on their performance?
  • Do you have a culture where people give and receive feedback as a matter of course?
  • Do you endeavor to unlock the potential in everybody on your team teacher and improve motivation, learning and growth through regular coaching and feedback?
  • How do you motivate people to move from compliance to commitment?
  • Does your leadership team have the difficult conversations?
  • Do you have the difficult conversations? (Remember, silence is tacit approval).
  • How do you overcome people’s reluctance and resistance to change?
  • What do you do to ensure deep collaboration within and across your teams

School Review

  • Would your school benefit from an independent opinion by a seasoned school reviewer?
  • What is your data revealing? What is your data hiding? What are people really thinking?
  • What progress have you made in implementing the recommendations from your last review?
  • Would you like some explicit feedback on how a specific program or initiative is really travelling?
  • Would you like support in understanding and applying the National School Improvement Tool?

School Improvement, Strategic Planning and Policy into Practice

The services provided are tailored to fit the context and personalized to meet the needs of the individuals or groups that Boyd is working with.

  • How do you ensure true alignment between the school improvement agenda and the work that each teacher performs each day?
  • How do you plan to turn policy into successful practice?
  • How will you bring school review recommendations to life?
  • How do you instill confidence in people that a particular plan will work?
  • How do you plan to engage staff and achieve consistency of practice?
  • Do you employ a proven research based model for change, or do you hope for the best?

Executive Coaching

  • Would you like a confidential sounding board?
  • Could you benefit from a confidential “mirror” who doesn’t judge, but helps you to reflect and clarify.
  • Would a Community of Practice with an independent facilitator provide the stimulus for overcoming hurdles to success?
  • Why engage an executive coach? One-on-one coaching and small group coaching helps people achieve their goals, solve problems, break down barriers, overcome hurdles, develop confidence, make plans, sharpen skills and realize potential.

360° Feedback

  • Multi-rater leadership behaviours perception survey
  • Bespoke feedback tool customized to the setting and role context
  • Includes a detailed report, interpretation guide and a one-on-one coaching session to unpack the report

What can I expect when I engage
Better Days Training and Coaching?

Professional Development and Training Workshops

  • Consultation about your needs.
  • Immersion in your documents, data and website.
  • Development of a brief to ensure that the proposed program is what you want.
  • Prevision of relevant pre-readings for participants.
  • Exercises and role plays relevant to the site and role of participants.
  • Engaging, polished presentation with modelling, role plays and Q &A.
  • Constant review and evaluation of the service’s efficacy (and making adjustments if needed) while the program is in progress.

Consulting

  • Consultation about your needs.
  • Development of a brief to ensure that the proposed support is what you want.
  • Research as needed to identify alternatives.
  • Preparation of written advice/recommendations.
  • Participation in meetings, delivery of briefings and question and answer sessions (as needed).
  • Constant review and evaluation of the service’s efficacy (and making adjustments if needed) while the program is in progress.

Coaching

  • Detailed follow up notes to ensure accuracy and help keep the conversations on track.
  • Agreed tasks between sessions for the coach and coachee(s).
  • Regular checking to ensure the service is meeting needs.
  • Absolute confidentiality.
  • Non-judgemental interaction.
  • Mentor or trainer role if that is agreed is needed.

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