Leader-Connect Now Has 16 Courses Available!
With the latest course by Glyn Potts MBE DL added to the collection we now have 16 courses with a leadership theme available on Leader-Connect. The courses consist of a series of short videos and a short confirmatory quiz at the end. The courses are excellent value with the most expensive course costing £35 and […]
New Course Available: How To Lead a School With Glyn Potts MBE DL
Our latest course is now live! “How To Lead A School” by Glyn Potts MBE DL is now available and is designed to assist Head Teachers in navigating their first year in post. Glyn has a wealth of experience in this sector having been the Head Teacher of one a large secondary schools in Oldham. […]
New Print Run of the Leadership Book
Last week, we arranged the 5th print run of “The Leadership Book” written by Leader-Connect founder and owner Neil Jurd OBE. Initially written during the COVID pandemic, the book sales have exceeded all expectations with over 9,000 copies being sold so far. The book is also the basis for both Leader-Connect Online and In-Person courses […]
Dallam School Leadership Development Programme Continues
A great start to the New Year as our Leadership Development Programme continued with the Dallam School Extended Leadership Team. This is the first of 2 full days of training and builds on the coaching sessions that took place in late 2025. We are very certain that this course will have a very positive effect […]
Congratulations to Craig Mathieson
Congratulations to our friend Craig Mathieson who was awarded the Polar Medal in the New Year’s Honours List published today. The Polar Medal is awarded to individuals for outstanding service to the field of polar research. Since 1998, the criteria for being awarded a Polar Medal are: The period of service living and working in […]
The Leader-Connect Podcast: The Polar Academy With Craig Mathieson
In this episode of the Leader-Connect Podcast, Neil chats with Polar Explorer and founder of the remarkable “Polar Academy“, Craig Mathieson. Craig has a military background and is an accomplished explorer having skied to the North and South Poles and undertaken some challenging Kayaking on the East Coast of Greenland. But perhaps his most incredible […]
New Course Aimed At Helping School Leaders
It is always nice to feature in the local press and, like buses, 3 came along at the same time this week!! In the last week, details of our forthcoming course “School Leadership” with Glyn Potts MBE DL appeared in 3 different Cumbria based papers: Whitehaven News News and Star Westmoreland Gazette The course will […]
The Leader-Connect Podcast: School Leadership With Glynn Potts MBE DL
The Leader-Connect Podcast hosted by our very own Neil Jurd is back and what an episode to start with as Neil chats with school leadership expert Glyn Potts MBE DL. Glyn talks about his forthcoming course ‘How to Lead a School‘ – a course for Heads, Deputy Heads and aspiring school leaders, which he has […]
South Cumbrian School Helps Boost Staff Confidence with Leader-Connect
It is always nice to appear in the local news and this time it in “Business Crack – the first for Cumbria Business News“. As the article explains: A South Cumbrian school said its staff have been given extra confidence after it linked up with a county training organisation. Dallam School, in Milnthorpe, said its […]
New Leadership Development Programme Available
We have recently developed a new course for Schools that has had an almost immediate and positive effect – see the comments below taken from the Flyer. The course is scheduled around school commitments, accredited by the The Institute of Leadership, supported by 12 months’ Leader Connect – Leadership Development membership and all participants receive […]