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"There are more similarities than differences." What leaders learn from each other across sectors.

26th May 2021

"There are more similarities than differences."  What leaders learn from each other across sectors.

 

I loved Peter Ustinov as a kid – he had such wisdom and imparted it with such humour he was one of my heroes. Over the course of my work the message I took from his autobiography has stayed with me: the more he travelled the more he could see similarities over differences.

 

This week I’ve been getting feedback from participants on our Spring programme at Inspiring Partnerships where we match school leaders with business leaders in a partnership where both leaders grow.

 

A core principle of the programme is that leaders from different sectors learn from each other.  

One of our questions for participants after three months on programme is:

What are the leadership challenges you have in common?

 

The similarities have been striking and fall into five broad buckets:

The main difference noted is that school leaders feel less empowered to act and feel more restricted in what they can do. The feedback from the school leaders on the programme is that having an external perspective has really empowered them to think and behave differently, freeing them up to try something new which can only be a good thing.

 

I’m really excited to hear what our partnerships learn from each other as the programme progresses and how they each grow as leaders. You can follow their progress here or sign up for our newsletter for regular updates:

 

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