Andy Buck

When geese fly in formation, encourage one another and share the leadership, they travel further. It's an inspiring metaphor for organisations today. This elegant distillation of the best in current thinking and practice offers a unique insight into effective leadership. Why read ten books when you can read just one? Drawing on the seminal work of the likes of Steven Covey, Patrick Lencioni, Susan Scott and Daniel Pink, HONK offers a powerful synthesis of everything effective leaders of today need to know. As Steve Radcliffe reminds us, whether you are on the first steps on your leadership journey or running an organisation, the essence of effective leadership remains the same: create your vision for the future, get your people engaged and then make great delivery happen. Packed with practical strategies from best-selling author Andy Buck and his team of successful leaders, HONK offers all the ingredients to make your future a reality.

The second edition of the Journal, a companion publication to Andy Buck's bestselling book Leadership Matters 3.0, will support you in your reflections, so that you can identify what is most useful for you in the context of your current role and situation. As a school leader, your time is at a premium. That's why the Journal has been designed to be flexible, quick and easy to use. Just a few minutes spent thinking through the key questions on each topic will be time well spent when it comes to supporting your continued growth and development as a leader. The Journal is broken down into a series of topics. Each topic summarises the key points from a section of the book or the videos and then gives you the opportunity to record your reflections on: what ideas, theories or models resonate in the context of your role; what steps you commit to take as a result; what you are going to do to ensure you make these changes happen; how you will review your success in implementing them.

FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED! This book is just one element of a suite of resources designed to help improve the educational outcomes for all children by empowering educational leaders in national, regional and local contexts to examine, refine and develop their leadership skills. In this revised and updated edition, the author takes an in-depth and diagnostic approach, encouraging leaders at all levels in schools to think about their own personal qualities; their specific situation; their own leadership actions; and their own overall leadership approach. Developed alongside the book, the Leadership Matters website gives school leaders affordable access to high quality online diagnostic tools, videos and other leadership resources. Everything on the website, including the 40 exclusive videos, is designed around the same 40 topics from the book (known as the LM40), making it really easy for busy school leaders to find what they need.