Orla Dempsey
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What Are The Most Challenging LAOS Topics?
The main concerns in interviews that my clients have are...
- How to answer the conflict question.
- How to answer the challenging situation question.
- The fact that they feel that their competition ‘is high’ for the role
- How to answer the ‘vision’ question.
School principals can avail of coaching to help them plan their vision, to help them strengthen team dynamics, to help them reflect on how they responded to incidents of conflict or discuss challenging situations. Isn’t that cool?
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Time Management Tips For Interviews
Let’s talk about tips for ➡Time Management⬅.
It’s one of my FAVOURITE topics to help clients with - because there are loads of ways they save time and they don’t notice it.
In this interview question, you need to tell them all the ways that you manage your time.
Examples here might be:
- Your calendar/diary/wall planner - ensures that you have records of things you need to do. If you manage your diary correctly – you won’t miss important events etc. Is this something you do?
- You may forwar…
What do principals want in teachers?
My key piece of study for 2020, was asking a wide variety of primary and second-level principals what they actually want in teachers in their schools. *These points are a shortened version of my freebie for teachers. Get the full version here. Their answers included:
- Top necessary skills: teamwork, communication, emotional intelligence, flexibility, leadership potential, enthusiasm
- Knowledge of the subject area
- Passion for teaching and willingness to develop their practice
- A personality t…