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What Dollar Shave Club can teach us about Loyalty
What Dollar Shave Club can teach us about Loyalty
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Brand Loyalty – to understand it we need to understand Consumer Psychology
Brand Loyalty – to understand it we need to understand Consumer Psychology
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SAY NO MORE OFTEN I really like Daniel Day-Lewis. I’m a big fan. But one of my favourite things about him is his quality control. And ability to…
SAY NO MORE OFTEN I really like Daniel Day-Lewis. I’m a big fan. But one of my favourite things about him is his quality control. And ability to…
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🎉 I got my invite to the Roblox Developers Conference in San Jose next week! 🚀 🤝 Would love to meet up with anyone who's going, especially those…
🎉 I got my invite to the Roblox Developers Conference in San Jose next week! 🚀 🤝 Would love to meet up with anyone who's going, especially those…
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Does anyone else’s wifey throw the Sunday papers in the recycling bin before you’ve had chance to read them? (Asking for a friend).
Does anyone else’s wifey throw the Sunday papers in the recycling bin before you’ve had chance to read them? (Asking for a friend).
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Chair of Governors
St Michael's CofE Primary school, SW18 London
- Present 7 years 10 months
Education
I chair the Governing board (x18 volunteers) to ensure effective governance and leadership. Responsibilities include planning the strategic direction of the school, oversee both financial performance and effective budget management, and hold the Head Teacher to account.
c.420 pupils from ages 3-11.
The Department for Education recognises that it’s not only the ‘hard’ skills governors bring to their board, but 7 vital ‘soft’ skills also;
- Committed. Devoting the required time and…I chair the Governing board (x18 volunteers) to ensure effective governance and leadership. Responsibilities include planning the strategic direction of the school, oversee both financial performance and effective budget management, and hold the Head Teacher to account.
c.420 pupils from ages 3-11.
The Department for Education recognises that it’s not only the ‘hard’ skills governors bring to their board, but 7 vital ‘soft’ skills also;
- Committed. Devoting the required time and energy to the role and ambitious to achieve best possible outcomes for young people. Prepared to give time, skills and knowledge to developing themselves and others in order to create highly effective governance.
- Confident. Of an independent mind, able to lead and contribute to courageous conversations, to express their opinion and to play an active role on the board.
- Curious. Possessing an enquiring mind and an analytical approach and understanding the value of meaningful questioning.
- Challenging. Providing appropriate challenge to the status quo, not taking information or data at face value and always driving for improvement.
- Collaborative. Prepared to listen to and work in partnership with others and understanding the importance of building strong working relationships within the board and with executive leaders, staff, parents and carers, pupils/students, the local community and employers.
- Critical. Understanding the value of critical friendship which enables both challenge and support, and self-reflective, pursing learning and development opportunities to improve their own and whole board effectiveness.
- Creative. Able to challenge conventional wisdom and be open-minded about new approaches to problem-solving; recognising the value of innovation and creative thinking to organisational development and success. -
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The Prince's Trust
- Present 1 year 8 months
Economic Empowerment
Provision of personal support, assistance, encouragement and inspiration to young people particularly at a time of transition usually and over a sustained period of time.
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