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As I moved away from my teaching career and towards coaching I realised there was a crowd forming around me looking for leadership. A group of passionate talented individuals from the teaching profession, curious about the secret. The secret of how to leave the career they thought they would love forever. Some were desperately unhappy and just wanted out of …
I’ve had the privilege of working with a growing number of NQTs (*newly qualified teacher) recently – some of this work is by way of very informal conversations and some is through a more formal coaching arrangement. Either way, I enjoy helping these early career teachers as they search for their place in the world and I’m humbled at the …
I am easily inspired. I can read something (sometimes a short quotation, sometimes something more substantial). I can hear someone speak. I can experience someone taking action. And I’m inspired. But to move that inspiration into action, for it to lead to transformation, I need to believe. I need to believe that it is true for me – just as …
Over a period of seventeen years, Emma built a successful career in education, gaining experience in further education and higher education, both in the UK and overseas. She enjoyed teaching, but had long dreamt of becoming a writer. The dream became more pressing once she had gained her MA in Education (through which she presented fictional research as a method …
For this post, I unashamedly share someone else’s words. Mavis Karn worked with young offenders in the United States and on leaving her job wanted to give those she worked with a gift. She recalls not wanting to give socks or some other trivia, so instead she wrote this letter and gave each individual a copy. The secret that Mavis …
YouTube is fast becoming my first choice of viewing, ahead of television. And in particular, I enjoy the TED talks (Talks in Education), which first aired in 1984 under the slogan of ‘ideas worth spreading’. One of my all-time favourite TED talks is ‘Are schools killing creativity?’ by Ken Robinson. I’m not alone – this particular TED talk, from 2007, …
The eagle-eyed visitors to this website may have noticed the Liz Taplin Coaching strap line (on the blue banner along the bottom of each page): Dream – Explore – Discover. And I’m confident there will be one or two readers who will immediately want to say ‘Liz got it wrong – it should be Explore. Dream. Discover’! Well, they would …
Funny how inspiration or insights suddenly pop into our heads and how lightening can strike to make an idea or issue seem so obvious in an instant. And funny how we are sometimes given several different signals before we have that moment of inspiration that provides us with the clarity we are seeking. I had such a moment not long …
