School Business Leadership

Ask Anna – Tips to reduce stress?

Dear Anna, I am finding my role as a School Business Manager very challenging at the moment for a variety of reasons. Could you give me some tips to reduce stress please?

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Ask Anna – What is a self-selecting team?

Dear Anna, What is a self-selecting team and how do I set one up?

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Ask Anna – Should I join Twitter?

I'm nervous about using Twitter for work but I'm hearing about the opportunities for CPD, support and well-being. Should I join in?

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Ask Anna – How long should I wait?

Dear Anna, I applied for an exciting new job three weeks ago, and I've been constantly checking my emails ever since.

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Ask Anna – Presentation of Financial Data

Dear Anna, How do you present financial data to your Governors?

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Ask Anna – What Support is available?

Dear Anna, What support is available for SBMs and SBLs who want to gain leadership experience and secure leadership roles?

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Ask Anna – I’m finding collaboration difficult. 

Dear Anna, I've been an SBM for a long time and my problem is that I find working with local SBMs difficult.

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Ask Anna – Mindfulness for an SBM

Dear Anna, What exactly is 'Mindfulness' and how can it help make me a better SBM?

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Ask Anna – Tired of pinching pennies?

Dear Anna, I’ve been working as an SBM for 7 years and, to be quite honest, I’m getting really tired of having to manage every year with rising uncontrollable costs squeezing school funding so there is nothing left for anything other than the necessities...

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Ask Anna – Tips for SBMs starting in new roles. 

Dear Anna, you've written some tips for new SBMs, got any for the experienced SBM moving into a new school this year?