While sitting here planning for the future, at least I like to believe that everything is possible given the right short-, mediumand long-term plans, and creative management of them.
As my once-blank sheet of paper quickly fills with my wish list, I wonder how similar - or different - it would look if members of my staff team were completing the exercise.
What about parents, or indeed the children? I have tried that one before and received requests for swimming pools and elephants in the garden!
Staff meetings are a naturally good medium for gathering ideas and opinions, but you need to take things further than lists reminiscent of correspondence to Father Christmas - how are we going to achieve these ideals? What needs to change in our practice? In our thinking?
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