The Independent School Podcast | Strategy and leadership

038: How will you communicate your strategy? Strategic question #6

Juliet Corbett

Jul 15, 20212 min read

038: How will you communicate your strategy? Strategic question #6

Through this episode, I explore how visual thinking can help your decision-making within the school.

037: What are your tactics? Strategic question #5

Juliet Corbett

Jul 8, 20211 min read

037: What are your tactics? Strategic question #5

In this episode, I identify the fifth question you need when trying to define and shape your strategy. I ask: 'what are your tactics?'

036 Strategic thinking in schools with Andrew Gordon-Brown, Head of Kingswood School

Juliet Corbett

Jul 1, 20212 min read

036 Strategic thinking in schools with Andrew Gordon-Brown, Head of Kingswood School

In this episode, I talk to Andrew Gordon-Brown, Head of Kingswood School, about strategic thinking in schools.

035: What are your options? Strategic question #4

Juliet Corbett

Jun 24, 20211 min read

035: What are your options? Strategic question #4

In this episode I explain what I mean by strategic options: the strategic level choices that you can make as a school leadership team.

034 Harnessing testimonials with Sam Davies, Head of Philanthropy, Girls’ Day School Trust

Juliet Corbett

Jun 17, 20211 min read

034 Harnessing testimonials with Sam Davies, Head of Philanthropy, Girls’ Day School Trust

In this episode, I speak to Sam Davies, Head of Philanthropy at the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST).

033: What's holding you back? Strategic question #3

Juliet Corbett

Jun 10, 20211 min read

033: What's holding you back? Strategic question #3

In this episode, I will briefly discuss what is holding your school back, what are the sticking points you need to identify and overcome.

032: Broadening the fundraising mix with Andrew Cook, Chief Development & Commercial Officer, Repton

Juliet Corbett

Jun 3, 20212 min read

032: Broadening the fundraising mix with Andrew Cook, Chief Development & Commercial Officer, Repton

This week, I've been joined by Andrew Cook to explore what led him to diversify income streams and broaden the fundraising mix at Repton.

031: What's working in your favour? Strategic question #2

Juliet Corbett

May 27, 20211 min read

031: What's working in your favour? Strategic question #2

This time I tackle the second essential question you need to be able to answer to shape you school strategy: What's working in your favour?

030: Looking back on strategy with John Claughton

Juliet Corbett

May 20, 20212 min read

030: Looking back on strategy with John Claughton

In this episode, I welcome back John Claughton, former Chief Master of King Edwards School, Birmingham.

029: What's your vision? Strategic question #1

Juliet Corbett

May 13, 20212 min read

029: What's your vision? Strategic question #1

What is your school's vision? Whilst the question might be superficially simple, answering this involves digging down a little.

028: Efficiency tools and Series 2 wrap-up

Juliet Corbett

Mar 18, 20212 min read

028: Efficiency tools and Series 2 wrap-up

In this episode, the final of series 2, I explore how technology tools can boost your efficiency.

027: Boost your major gifts with ‘moves management’

Juliet Corbett

Mar 11, 20212 min read

027: Boost your major gifts with ‘moves management’

Moves management is a way of efficiently but effectively managing the major donors, or prospects, you have in your school community.

026 Spark! Leading change with Professor Julie Hodges, Durham University Business School

Juliet Corbett

Mar 4, 20212 min read

026 Spark! Leading change with Professor Julie Hodges, Durham University Business School

Hear from Professor Julie Hodges of Durham University Business School about how school leaders can lead and sustain organisational change.

025 Fundraising mindset: Five shifts you may need to make

Juliet Corbett

Feb 25, 20212 min read

025 Fundraising mindset: Five shifts you may need to make

In this episode, I explore five shifts you may need to make in your fundraising mindset in order to improve your results.

024: Master the flexible feasibility study

Juliet Corbett

Feb 18, 20212 min read

024: Master the flexible feasibility study

Explore how a flexible feasibility study can be critical to the success of a fundraising campaign.

023 Community partnerships fundraising with Emily Clarke, Director of Development, Highgate School

Juliet Corbett

Feb 11, 20212 min read

023 Community partnerships fundraising with Emily Clarke, Director of Development, Highgate School

In this episode, I talk to Emily Clarke, Director of Development at Highgate School about fundraising for community partnerships.

Juliet Corbett

Feb 4, 20212 min read

022 Spark! Social marketing for schools

Applying commercial marketing techniques to influence behaviours in ways which benefit school communities.

021: Embed a culture of strategic thinking

Juliet Corbett

Jan 28, 20212 min read

021: Embed a culture of strategic thinking

Explore the ways that you can embed a culture of strategic thinking in your school.

020 Bursaries and strategy in practice with Bart Wielenga, Head, Blundell's School

Juliet Corbett

Jan 21, 20212 min read

020 Bursaries and strategy in practice with Bart Wielenga, Head, Blundell's School

Explore bursary strategy with Bart Wielenga, Head of Blundell’s School in Tiverton in Devon.

Juliet Corbett

Jan 14, 20212 min read

019: Craft your bursary strategy

Explore the questions that you need to ask and the options you have going forward as you craft your bursary strategy.

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