Trevor Folley – Managing challenging conversations

Conversations bind a community together. In an early years setting, they flow between colleagues, parents and children in every direction. Much of the time they can be naturally affirming but even the most challenging conversations can be clear, purposeful and collaborative. Trevor’s webinar will unpack how you can prepare yourself to be ready for the conversation, structure it towards a meaningful outcome, and manage some of the more challenging responses you might face.

About the speaker
Trevor is a full-time coach, trainer and facilitator. He is a Level 7 certified Executive Coach and an NLP Master Practitioner. He currently works with over 40 coachees on a one-to-one basis and many more in group coaching contexts. The majority of Trevor’s coachees are Headteachers or Senior Leaders. He regularly coaches candidates on the NPQH and NPQEL leadership programmes. Trevor has been delivering training in schools for over 20 years with specialism that include,
● Effective communication skills
● Professional collaboration
● Leadership and strategic planning
● Coaching and mentoring
● Pupil motivation and behaviour
● Pedagogy and personalisation
● Transfers and transitions, and inter-school partnerships

Trevor has been a director of Linden Learning Ltd for 13 years and has responsibility for managing associates and quality assuring delivery. Previous roles include teacher, Essex county education adviser, Regional Adviser for The National Strategies, and hub leader for a cluster of schools in Ipswich. He co-led national action research (with a total of 130 schools) into cross-phase collaboration and produced 3 research documents for the DfE. His piece, Cross-phase use of assessment information: from strategy to impact was described by Professor David Hargreaves as, “A really good piece of work that is both practical in its application and comprehensive in its conceptual coverage.”

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