Being an Influential Leader

Building influence can result in highly effective results – find out how this can work for leaders at all levels in a primary school setting.

This course will focus on developing your influence and persuasion skills to ensure you are effective in your roles in school. We will look in detail at why people resist change so that you can develop the necessary skills to get everyone on board and embrace change.

We will consider why some people are labelled as ‘difficult’ and share strategies to help you tune in to others and ascertain why they may be behaving in such a way. As part of the session, we will help you prepare for potentially difficult conversations which you could encounter as part of school improvement, performance management or in your daily lives as educators.

We will look at a 10-minute coaching plan and how this can be used to get people on board with the changes you are introducing.

This session is suitable for Headteachers, senior and middle school leaders working in the primary phase.

The course will run via Zoom with opportunities for practical activities, breakout discussions and reflection. Course handouts and resources will be sent prior to the session.

What past participants have said:

Great speaker – clear and precise with key areas. Easy to understand with lots of practical ideas to use in school.

Really informative. Allowed me to be reflective. More awareness of different styles within a working environment – there is no need to change people’s behaviours but to find ways to access their motivation.

Simple to follow techniques for conversations inspiring change – thank you.

Faye Heming

Faye Heming is an experienced education consultant in the primary sector, supporting schools, partnerships, and trusts across the country in school improvement, curriculum development and staff training.

Faye has over twenty-five years’ experience in education in a variety of roles including teacher, subject leader, SENCO, headteacher, governor and external consultant for primary schools nationwide. She is a professional affiliate of the Chartered College of Teaching.

Faye is passionate about training and has written and delivered training courses for primary ITT students training through the Cotswold Teacher Training Partnership, teachers, teaching assistants, and middle and senior leaders. All of her courses are based on educational research and practice. Faye regularly provides training and support for the Cornwall Association of Primary Headteachers, Somerset Association of Primary Headteachers, Steel River Academy Trust and North Cotswold Headteachers’ Partnership. She is a lead facilitator of the Early Career Framework for the Balcarras and Odyssey Teaching School Hubs.

Accessing the online event

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We do not provide refunds if you are unable to access the event due to technical issues that are beyond our control.

Participation in online events

In all cases, at the beginning of the session to confirm your identity please ensure that your camera is on, your username matches the name you registered with and that you register in ‘chat’ with your first name, second name and organisation. This is for security and registration purposes and we may remove, without refunds, participants who have not confirmed their identity as described above.

Our online events aim to be interactive and at times you may be expected to have your camera and microphone on during the session, although usually your microphone should be muted.

We may use ‘Raised Hands’, ‘Reactions’, ‘Chat’, ‘Polls’, shared whiteboards and shared screens during the session. We may also use ‘Breakout Rooms’ to allow you to work in a smaller group.

This event will not be recorded for copyright and privacy reasons.

Payment

Payment is required at the time of booking by credit card, debit card or Paypal. Unless otherwise stated, a ticket gives admission to one person at face-to-face and online events. In the event that you share an online event link with other people who then attend the event, including sharing your screen, or you arrive at a venue without a ticket and we are able to admit you, we will invoice you or your organisation for additional tickets retrospectively.

Refunds

No refunds will be given with less than 30 days notice.

In the event of a refund request, please note that the Eventbrite booking fee of 6.95% plus 0.59p per ticket is not refundable.

To keep our event fees as low as possible, we are not able to issue invoices for payment by cheque or bank transfer and we are not able to reserve places without payment.

We strongly recommend that you take out ‘event ticket insurance’ which may cover the cost of your fee should you be unable to attend the event.