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Diary of a head: Where I learnt to be a leader

Reflecting on his early life experiences in sport and working with his father, our headteacher diarist realises now where he first began to develop his leadership skills

Leading by example has always come naturally to me and as someone who has grown up around sports teams I have had plenty of role-models who have influenced me as a leader.

Sport lends itself well to developing the leadership skills of young people and it is really obvious to me when I look back at my sporting experiences how I subconsciously became a leader during my formative years.

Since then I have had a fantastic range of opportunities and training to further develop and refine my leadership skills and now as a headteacher these are put to the test on a daily basis in a high-pressure, high-stakes environment.

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