Being and Doing

Do you and your team possess a powerful sense of purpose but sometimes feel stretched and as if you're 'spinning too many plates'?

Would you value the opportunity to develop greater clarity, focus and resilience throughout your school?

Being and Doing supports leaders to create compassionate and sustainable school cultures based on compelling leadership and a sense of collective wellbeing.

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We want teams to imagine and deliver new possibilities, do exceptional work and gain new perspectives on their everyday responsibilities. To gain greater perception, compassion and confidence. And we know that coaching and development work is emergent and contextual.

School leaders have told us that they don’t need a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach that limits development and sustainability, but what they do need is flexibility and accountability. Being and Doing offers a range of coaching interventions that can be aligned to an initial Being and Doing audit and your development plan. This means we can all talk about meaningful and measurable impact. We offer: 
  • one-to-one leadership and executive coaching
  • one-to-one development coaching 
  • team and paired coaching
  • team development workshops
  • group and team facilitation



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School Improvement Partnerships

We use a strengths-based, positive psychology, approach to school improvement work. As SIPs we support school leaders in evaluating performance, identifying the key areas for improvement and the development priorities, and also identifying the most effective strategies to meet them.

Our focus is always to build leadership capacity and capability through a collaborative approach; coaching, mentoring and delivering bespoke guidance … and bringing clarity through having transparent and tough conversations when they are needed. Our aim is to ensure that the leadership team is equipped to manage the complexity of the internal and external education environments.

Additionally, Being and Doing Partners has experience in successfully meeting the DfE requirements for setting up new special schools and AP Academies, as well as special education service design and evaluation, including organisational restructures for local authorities.

For more information  on school improvement work, including testimonials, please contact us through the contact page or ring 07747063530.








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Wellbeing DEVELOPMENT

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We understand that individual and collective wellbeing is at the core of an effective and successful school. External intervention and support must start from wellbeing – otherwise any change, no matter how positive, will not create resilience in the organisation.

This is not about change but it is about doing things better. Working smarter not harder with aligned and efficient teams who focus on effectiveness, integrity and values. Being and Doing has an approach to rooted in Continued Personal Development rather than the traditional Continued Professional Development model

Being and Doing offers a range of wellbeing interventions that can be aligned to our initial Being and Doing audit, and  to your development plan, and this means we can all talk about meaningful and measurable impact. These include looking at:
  • Values and Perspective
  • Workload and Belonging
  • Balance and Agency
  • Mindfulness and Somatic awareness



Who we are

Paul Keenleyside

Coach and SIP

Paul worked as a teacher, leader and school improvement partner in the mainstream and special education sector for 30 years. He is a leadership and performance coach with a focus on the importance of wellbeing and compassion in life and leadership. He holds the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) Senior Practitioner Award and has European Individual Accreditation (EIA) and has completed over 700 hours of executive and team coaching.

Emma Kell

Coach and Trainer

Emma works as a teacher, writer and speaker. Emma is director of Those That Can Limited, through which she advocates for the wellbeing of individuals and organisations. Emma holds a Level 5 Diploma in Performance Coaching with NLP and has delivered over 500 hours coaching within the education sector. She has a Doctorate in Education and is a Specialist Leader of Education.

Emma Longley

Coach

Emma is an experienced headteacher, coach and a university teaching fellow specializing in working with primary ECTs and SENCos. She has also led groups of coaches on initiatives to support school leaders in implementing programmes to raise educational aspirations, access and achievement for vulnerable children. Emma is a Level 5 qualified leadership coach working with leaders in primary schools and higher education and specializes in career development and performance improvement.

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What People are Saying

 Group coaching with Emma and Paul was an excellent way to get us working as a team to focus on our values and core beliefs and goals. Most importantly, they provided a space for us to dig deeper, have some less comfortable conversations and talk about how we build trust to allow for more robust challenge. The follow up 1:1 coaching sessions enabled individuals to discuss key aspects of their personal development alongside work-related issues and there has been a positive impact on areas such as confidence, strategic planning and self-belief for all staff involved. 

Sarah Mijatovich
Headteacher, Claycots School

 ‘The sessions became an effective review of my present position and plans. Paul listened closely and reflected back thoughts, language and patterns I was not consciously aware of. Gentle persistence allowed me to really unpack an issue that I had not fully recognized as an obstacle before.’ 

Gemma
Executive Principal

 'I have found the coaching experience with Emma absolutely invaluable, both personally and professionally. Our sessions have been full of insight, honesty and humour, and I feel that I have come such a long way from when we started. Emma has helped me to find a confidence in myself, my values, and my actions that I didn't know I had and she has enabled me to find practical solutions to challenges I may experience.' 

Rachel
School Senior Leader

 ‘Dr Emma Kell is both a professional whose purpose is to empower and enrich the lives of those she works for and with; and a person whose humour, compassion and kindness embodies the values of ethical research, which point towards the future with a tangible pragmatic optimism’ 

Matthew Roberts
Trust Lead For Oracy and Worship (The Green School Trust).

 'What really worked on the sessions was the ability that Paul has to challenge views, attitudes and actions in a supportive and nurturing way….. The most powerful result from the session was the ability to go deeper with the investigation of who I am and what is the role that I want the have in my organization.' 

Rachel
Public Relations Executive

 'Paul works with our senior leadership team to support us to think about the way that we work, and interact. He encourages honesty and openness, and guides us to reflect on how we can improve communication, which seems to be the root cause of any problems we encounter. He always has a range of strategies up his sleeve to engage us, and the sessions are active and thought-provoking. I leave the sessions with a spring in my step and renewed vigour and ambition for my role.' 

Viki
Special School Headteacher

Contact

  • Hill House Road, London, England, United Kingdom