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Leo Angart runs workshops all over the world, helping people to regain their natural vision and throw away their glasses for good. He regularly encounters children whose eyesight is being adversely affected by their glasses or who don't really need glasses at all. In Magic Eyes: Vision training for children Leo shares his experience and explains what you can do to help transform your child's eyesight, eliminating the need for glasses.In Magic Eyes: Vision training for children Leo Angart demystifies common eye conditions, explains the causes of these issues and suggests simple solutions you can try at home. These fun exercises can make children's eyes healthy and strong and eliminate the need for glasses. In fact with children it is actually quite easy to restore natural eyesight within a week or two.Magic Eyes: Vision training for children also contains detailed explanations of, and exercises for: amblyopia (or lazy eye), anisometropia (when vision is different between the left and right eye), astigmatism (irregular shaping of the cornea), diplopia (double vision), hyperopia (far-sightedness), myopia (near-sightedness) and strabismus (turning in or out of the eye).

What lies in the dark unconscious expanse of our psyche?What causes the words we hear in our mind?What internal dynamic produces depression, panic attacks, and addiction?How can learning what is inside bring back the love and wonder of childhood?Mastering Ego State Therapy can foster an improved psychological and physical experience of life. Emmerson's innovative book presents the theory and practice of working with ego states, helping to understand them, recognize and use them. Working directly with the state that needs assistance provides the shortest distance between the goal and the solution. The practical techniques help you to locate ego states in pain, trauma, anger, or frustration and facilitate expression, release, comfort, and empowerment. Subjects covered include:The nature of ego states Inner strength Processing trauma Ego state mapping Practical applications Introjects Non-hypnotic and hypnotic access Ego state communication Theoretical implications

Read Again Without Glasses concentrates on curing presbyopia, the inability to focus on near objects. It explains what presbyopia is and how you can tone your eye muscles, release tension and build up energy in order to regain your natural eyesight using three main principles:Belief and emotions - believing that it is possible for you to have control over your eyes and restore your vision to normalPhysical training of the eye muscles - when you wear glasses your eyes will automatically adjust to the lenses you wearRelaxation - natural clear eyesight is effortless. Many of our vision problems are due to functional factors such as constant focus on near work. To regain natural clear vision you need to learn to relax your eyes. Includes simple vision tests that you can use yourself to verify your level of vision and monitor your improvements. The DVD that accompanies the book includes instructions and demonstrations.

This book is dedicated to the use of hypnotherapy to help victims recover from trauma and stress. This field is desperate for new ideas and solutions and Healing Scripts provides just this - a model for the hypnotic imagery that will reach the source of the pain and anguish and finally offer some relief. The subjects covered include Pain, PTSD, Stress and Dissociation, plus a separate section devoted to helping children will provide the hypnotherapist with practical down-to-earth suggestions for both the content and context of hypnotic interventions. Furthermore, the rationale for using any particular script is fully explained.The scripts have been used and been found to be valid in real life situations or can either be used as they are or adapted for the client's specific needs.

In Cognitive Load Theory: A handbook for teachers, Steve Garnett brings clarity to the complexity surrounding CLT and provides a user-friendly toolkit of techniques to help teachers optimise their pupils' learning. Cognitive load theory (CLT) is rapidly becoming education's next 'big thing'.It is natural, therefore, that teachers will want to know more about it and, more importantly, understand how they can embed it in their classroom teaching.Written by author and international teacher trainer Steve Garnett, this invaluable handbook offers a complete yet concise summary of what CLT involves and how it can impact on pupil performance. Steve covers a wide range of teaching strategies to help teachers avoid overloading their pupils' working memories, and empowers them with the tools to get their pupils learning more effectively - particularly when learning new content. He talks you through the 14 effects that can 'clutter' working memory - for example, the split-attention effect, redundancy effect, and expertise reversal effect - and shares a diverse collection of figures and diagrams as examples of how teachers can optimise their delivery of content to students. Furthermore, he also explores the 'cognitive architecture' of the brain and how a better understanding of it can inform and improve teachers' practice.Suitable for teachers, department heads, school leaders and anyone with a responsibility for improving teaching and learning.

Why do so many clients experience inner conflicts that inhibit successful attainment of important goals?This outstanding new book on Parts Therapy will help provide the answer.Counsellors and hypnotherapists often use proven techniques to help their clients change undesired habits or achieve personal and professional goals. Yet, in spite of the best efforts of both clients and therapist, unresolved inner conflicts often inhibit clients from attaining their ideal empowerment.Increasing numbers of therapists around the world are discovering the benefits of parts therapy and its variations, such as ego state therapy and voice dialogue, to help clients get past personal barriers. These complex techniques continue to grow in popularity and are already used by many psychotherapists and psychologists who use hypnosis as an adjunct to their practices. Therapists who specialise in the use of hypnosis also need to learn Parts Therapy.

In MiniMax Interventions, Manfred Prior presents therapeutic communication strategies that are designed to achieve a lot with just a few linguistic alterations: maximum results for minimal effort. These tried-and-tested communication strategies can be used in an effective way by any therapeutic practitioner, in almost any kind of session. The step-by-step methods can make a huge contribution to helping patients and clients solve their problems and clarify their goals more quickly. They are easy to understand and put into practice and, as such, their profound effect will be readily observable.It takes a lot of time and experience to condense such a lot of information into such a short book, and such powerful transformative effects into short therapeutic phrases. Manfred Prior has studied the speech patterns of successful communication in psychotherapy, medicine and counselling for more than 30 years. As one of the most renowned hypnosis instructors in the German-speaking world, he has taught effective communication techniques and methods to psychotherapists, doctors and dentists since the mid-eighties. For the first time, his insights are now available in the English-speaking world. The book, originally published in German as the bestselling MiniMax-Interventionen: 15 minimale Interventionen mit maximaler Wirkung, is translated by Professor Paul Bishop.MiniMax interventions provide the basis for efficient communication as well as human encounter. They help reduce resistance from patients or more precisely do not let it build up. They strengthen the relationship between therapist and patient and build motivation and willingness to cooperate. Finally, they demonstrate time and again how a few short words can have long-lasting therapeutic consequences.Suitable for psychotherapists, counsellors, supervisors, coaches and organisational consultants. If you want to improve your communication skills in a decisive yet practical way this succinct, accessible book is for you.

Sarah J. Maas, the #1 bestselling author of the Court of Thorns and Roses series, returns to the courts of Prythian…Romance, danger and intrigue await you in the stunning new instalment.The full Court of Thorns and Roses series includes:1) A Court of Thorns and Roses2) A Court of Mist and Fury3) A Court of Wings and Ruin4) A Court of Frost and Starlight5) A Court of Silver FlamesAlso available from Sarah J. Maas is the bestselling Crescent City series, beginning with House of Earth and Blood, and the bestselling Throne of Glass series, starting with Throne of Glass.

Coming soon … return to Prythian with TWO new books in the A Court of Thorns and Roses series. Pre-order ACOTAR 6 for 27th October 26, and ACOTAR 7 for 12th January 27. The first instalment of the GLOBAL PHENOMENON and TikTok sensation, from multi-million selling and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Sarah J. MaasMaas has established herself as a fantasy fiction titan – TimeHarry Potter magic, Taylor Swift sass, Fifty Shades-level athleticism – The Sunday TimesWith bits of Buffy, Game of Thrones and Outlander, this is a glorious series of total joy – StylistSpiced with slick plotting and atmospheric world-building ... a page-turning delight – GuardianEscapism in its purest form – Independent ******Feyre is a huntress, but when she kills what she thinks is a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor, Tamlin, is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal Fae.And there’s more to the Fae than the legends suggest.As Feyre adapts to her new home, her feelings for Tamlin begin to change. Icy hostility turns to fiery passion that burns through every lie she's been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But shadows are creeping in, and Tamlin has a dark secret that he cannot share. Fate brought Feyre to Tamlin for a reason, but saving him from the darkness that threatens his world will lead her down a path that she can never return from.Enter the world of Sarah J. Maas and discover the sweeping romantic fantasy that everyone's talking about for yourself.****** 5* reader reviews‘This is the first fantasy book I’ve ever read . . . I’m hooked. I’m addicted’‘I’m a standard romance girl but this swept me off my feet’‘Her writing is exquisite; her characters complex . . . and worlds all-consuming’‘This book has ignited my spark for reading again’

Edited by John Grinder and Frank Pucelik, the book's contributors include: Robert Dilts, Stephen Gilligan, Judith Delozier, Byron Lewis, Terry McClendon (author of the first history of NLP, The Wild Days).The Origins of Neuro Linguistic Programming brings together the recollections and thoughts of some of the main protagonists from the very early days of NLP. In 1971 Richard Bandler and Frank Pucelik were students at Kresege College at the University of California Santa Cruz. They had a strong mutual interest in Gestalt Therapy, Frank because of his traumatic time in Vietnam and because he had been working with some disaffected and drug-addicted kids, and Richard because he had been working with Science and Behavior Books on transcribing and editing Fritz Perls' seminal work, The Gestalt Approach and Eyewitness to Therapy. They started a local gestalt group and ran 2-3 sessions a week collaborating and experimenting with the language of therapy. They started achieving some brilliant results but were having problems transferring their skills to others and so Richard invited one of their college professors, John Grinder, to observe what they were doing in order that he would, hopefully, be able to de-construct what they were doing that was so effective. John was a professor of Linguistics and was instantly impressed with the work that they were doing. He was able to add more structure and in due course the three of them formalised what is now known as the Meta Model. NLP was born.John and Frank and each of the other contributors give their own personal account of this period of collaboration when something magical was happening in northern California. Of particular interest is the role Gregory Bateson played, particularly in bringing John and Richard together with Milton H Erickson.An extremely insightful and riveting read for anyone interested in NLP.

Edited by Nigel Holt and Rob Lewis, this easy-to-use, visually engaging textbook comprehensively covers everything students need to know for the WJEC A2 level specification and offers a section on exam preparation and revision to aid study. Features include: ■Evaluation of key studies, to encourage reflection and critical analysis, aid understanding and give context ■Explanations of the different psychological approaches and comparisons between them ■Evaluation of contemporary debates, including their economic, social and ethical implications ■Detailed exploration of research methods, including experimental design, research methodologies, analysing and reporting data and dealing with ethical issues ■Colour-coded material for ease of use and checklists to break down everything you need to know for each topic.

Written by Steve Oakes and Martin Griffin, The VESPA Handbook: 40 new activities to boost student commitment, motivation and productivity offers 40 concrete, practical tools and activities that will supercharge learners' ambition, organisation, persistence and determination.

This book details strategies designed to improve your eyesight by literally exercising your ability to see. Leo's approach is very specific and targets each degree of vision problem. He explains how you can tone your eye muscles, release tension and build up energy in order to regain your natural eyesight.Improve Your Eyesight Naturally includes simple vision tests that you can use yourself to verify your level of vision and monitor your improvements. It is effective for:Near-sight - the inability to see at distanceAstigmatism - uneven stress patterns in the corneaPresbyopia - the need for reading glassesEye coordination - when the eyes point beyond or closer than the object of interestAnsiometropia - when the two eyes have different degrees of near-sightAmblyopia - also known as 'lazy eye', a condition where the brain switches off one eyeStrabismus - when one eye diverges in or out.Previously published under ISBN 9783937553085.

The Structure of Personality identifies the processes that produce personality, and presents strategies to re-programme it. Coaching the reader in a number of effective and specially adapted NLP techniques, it covers a wide range of tools including The RESOLVE model and the Personal Strengths model, making it a crucial reference for counsellors, therapists and NLP practitioners.

Jason Vale takes an honest and hard hitting look at people's conceptions of our most widely consumed drug. Jason's major argument is there is no such thing as an 'alcoholic' and that we are conditioned to accept alcohol as a 'normal' substance in today's society despite the fact that it is the major cause of many of today's social problems and a wide range of health issues.This book is much more than a simple eye opener, it will: change the way you see alcohol forever show you how to stop drinking help you enjoy the process and enjoy your life so much more than you do now without having to drink alcoholSo open your mind and take a journey with Jason to explore the myths about the most used and accepted drug addiction in the world!Jason Vale is the UK's leading authority on health, addiction, and most importantly juicing and using the power of freshly extracted raw juice from fruit and vegetables to help you live a fitter, vibrant and juicier life! He is the number one best selling author of 7lbs in 7 Days Super Juice Diet.

Dragonfly Training was founded in 1999 and has established an excellent reputation internationally for providing inspiring, realistic and practical training courses for teachers. In this, their fi rst book, three of their top trainers provide some of the very best handsonapproaches to teaching. Dragonfly's six key principles are:Promote effective starters and plenariesProvide constant reinforcement as a means of embedding knowledge andprovide on-going revisionIntroduce a variety of ideasDo first, teach after - whenever possibleEncourage students to create teaching materials themselvesDemonstrate and articulate success by modelling the desired outcomesThe trainers aim to make your life easier by providing practical strategies that can be used my most teachers, in most subjects, most of the time and by offering insight and ideas to engage, inspire and motivate including:How you present yourself in the classroomRules, routines and rituals for establishing effective learning patternsStrategies to make your teaching life easierMaking your classroom the one every student wants to be inMaking your department the envy of the school and using ICT to the maximum

This book offers new strategies, techniques, and scripts as well as reviewing traditional methods of treating addictions.The five key addictions addressed are:alcohol abuse and dependency drug abuse and addiction gambling compulsions/obsessions and addiction tobacco addiction (including cigars, pipes and chew) food addiction/compulsions. Many of the techniques and strategies incorporate a variety of therapeutic modalities, including: cognitive-behavioural techniques, re-framing and other NLP techniques, systematic desensitization, covert sensitization, 12-step-programs, guided imagery and meditation, and more. The techniques described can be employed both in and out of trance.

Is it really better than ever? Now that the children have grown and you have plenty of time on your hands, do you find that the love and intimacy is still as strong as ever or has it gone from your life?Fact: As we mature, our sexual drives mature as well.Fact: We may slow down and lovemaking may be different, but that doesn't mean that the quality has to be lower or the pleasure less.In this honest, down-to-earth volume, Dr. Zilbergeld, a world renowned sex therapist and bestselling author draws on his many years of clinical experience to explain why we should be enjoying our love making and intimacy even more as we mature. Replete with stories and anecdotes that present a variety of tools and techniques to help us all develop the kind of openness we desire, he honestly tells us why age is no barrier to a better and more rewarding sex life. Don't just complain about your love life, get started today to make it better than ever!

In The Collaborative Leader, L. Michael Hall and Ian McDermott answer key questions about leadership. What is collaboration? How does it relate to leadership? How do you do it effectively? How do you pull people together, inspire them with a meaningful vision, and organise them so that a team spirit emerges and peak performance is achieved?The Collaborative Leader is a practical guide to collaborating with others and leading collaboratively. That means learning how to win the hearts and minds of those who we lead. Packed with practical and immediate action points, the book will show you how to turn around a non-collaborative group or environment immediately. You will find assessment questions throughout, step-by-step processes on collaboration, and an invitation to action at the end of each chapter: a personal challenge to step up to the collaborative level of leadership. Learn the core competencies that facilitate a healthy, joyful, and productive collaboration.The foundation of collaborative leadership is self-collaboration. The leader who cannot effectively collaborate cannot effectively lead. If you are to walk your talk, you need to demonstrate collaborative skills yourself, and this book will show you the 'how to's' for developing the critical success elements of leadership. The best collaborators are those who have lots of fun collaborating. The goal can be serious. The collaboration can be fun. Learn how it's possible by understanding the structure and processes of collaboration.Whether you're responsible for team or organisational development, you'll find plenty here to inspire you to transform your leadership into collaborative leadership.

We can all choose to grow and coach our loved ones to do the same by fostering and sustaining a mindset that will keep us healthy and happy in future years. Jackie Beere believes the key to this is thinking on purpose and metacognition. Jackie shows you how you can understand yourself and others so that you can be flexible, fearless and happy.Jackie shares observations, stories and practical tools to help you, and others you care about, grow. Jackie offers a personal perspective, but one that is informed by wide reading and research in the fields of psychology and cognitive therapy. She has been particularly inspired by Daniel Goleman's work on emotional intelligence, Carol Dweck's research on the power of developing a growth mindset, the founding principles of neuro-linguistic programming, and the latest discoveries about our brains and how they work.Life is full of changes and challenges but by thinking on purpose, we can all become more resilient, adaptable, self-confident and successful. Jackie's refreshing and personable approach means this is a personal development book for everyone even if you think that's not usually for you. Honest and to-the-point, Jackie takes a pragmatic approach to useful mind management techniques, putting the theory into practice through numerous case studies. As Jackie shows us, thoughts really are amazing things. Thoughts can make you feel happy or sad, clever or stupid, beautiful or ugly despite all the physical or other evidence to the contrary. But you can understand and manage your feelings by growing the emotional intelligence (EQ) you need to become happier, wiser, kinder and more successful. Do you see mistakes as failures, or opportunities to learn? Are your beliefs limiting you, or helping you grow? Do you control your negative thoughts, or are they controlling you? Are you aware of how your moods are contributing to your sense of wellbeing and overall happiness? This book gives you the tools to change your mindset and so transform your life.Are you ready to grow?

Shares a wealth of practical resources and ideas to help teachers develop a whole-school commitment to, and enthusiasm for, improving numeracy. In Forty Pence Each or Two for a Pound: Making Maths Memorable, Accessible and Relevant, Danielle Bartram shares a wealth of practical resources and ideas to help teachers develop a whole-school commitment to, and enthusiasm for, improving numeracy. How many times have you heard someone say they `can’t do maths’? This attitude and acceptance of it appears to be endemic, but being bad at maths – or excusing innumeracy as maths-phobia – can no longer be tolerated. Danielle Bartram, of Miss B’s Resources fame, has made it her mission to remedy this issue and believes that learners should have a basic concept of number and problem solving in order to stop them being ripped off by companies when purchasing items, insurance or moving energy suppliers later on in life. For this reason, she has specifically designed Forty Pence Each or Two for a Pound to give the teaching and learning of numeracy a firm foundation in everyday contextual settings so that students can transfer the logical and functioning skills inherent in mathematical understanding to real-world contexts. With the new Ofsted criteria focus on numeracy, all teachers will want to develop their maths teaching practice. Forty Pence Each or Two for a Pound contains plenty of ideas to help teachers of all subject specialisms to do just that, and tackles students’ maths-phobia head on by providing an invaluable collection of 31 ready-to-use activities and resources to improve their enthusiasm for, and confidence in, the applied use of maths. Danielle has achieved this by shifting away from a prescribed list of maths-teaching techniques and instead presents a treasure trove of exciting, lesson-ready ideas held together by six numeracy links – number, functional skills, graphs and statistics, problem solving, shapes and measures, and formulae and equations – that can be embedded across the full curriculum. The 31 resources are tagged with their relevant numeracy links to indicate the mathematical territory covered (e.g. graphs and statistics), and are also divided into six categories – literacy, exploration, engagement, classroom management, marking and reflection, and organisation and presentation – for ease of identification while flicking through the book. Danielle complements each activity with useful mathematical pointers, such as the language to be used and the numerical concepts that students often struggle with or have misconceptions about, and has made all of the resources available as PDF downloads from her Miss B’s Resources website via a specific link provided in the book. Beyond the more practical provision of strategies and resources, Forty Pence Each or Two for a Pound also offers expert guidance on the shaping of numeracy coordination across the school and presents example audit grids to serve as an outline of how students’ progress with each numeracy link can be monitored. Suitable for numeracy coordinators and teachers of all subjects, in both primary and secondary settings, who want to embed into their lessons the numeracy skills that their students will need in everyday life.

There are some situations and feelings that we cannot change and there are some that we can. Knowing the difference between the two (and some ways to make ourselves feel happy) is a great trick to have up our sleeves!Suitable for 4- to 7-year-olds.'The Wolf is Not Invited' was announced WINNER of The People's Book Prize Awards 2017 children's category. Click here to view a video of the ceremony, tune in at 50:23 to view the interview with Avril. The Feel Brave series was a finalist the 2017 Education Resources Awards in the Educational Book Award category.'The Wolf is Not Invited' was a finalist in the children's picture books/early reader category in the 2016 Foreword Indies Awards.

His friends laugh at him until they hear his story and see the Shadow Monster for themselves! Spider shows Wolfgang a special magic spell to make scary things go away. The magic spell is so good that all of his friends want to try it on the things that scare them too. Life can sometimes be scary but there are some great tricks out there to make scary things not so scary anymore. You can even have a little fun with it!Suitable for 4- to 7-year-olds.The Feel Brave series was a finalist in the 2017 Education Resources Awards in the Educational Book Award category.

Spider shows Wolfgang that by just seeing things a little differently he can feel happy again, knowing that true love never ends. Our lives are in a constant state of change and only we can ever know how big each change feels to us. The more we can talk about and embrace change, the better we get at it (whatever shape or size it comes in).Suitable for 4- to 7-year-olds.The Feel Brave series was a finalist in the 2017 Education Resources Awards in the Educational Book Award category.

Wolfgang feels upset and is afraid that they will hurt him again, so he hides away in the tree house. Spider encourages Wolfgang to tell someone he trusts about how he is feeling and he learns that things aren't always as they seem. Sometimes we get hurt by others and we have to be brave enough to continue to be ourselves and to keep our hearts open. There can be some lovely surprises for us when we do!Suitable for 4- to 7-year-olds.The Feel Brave series was a finalist in the 2017 Education Resources Awards in the Educational Book Award category.

His bag is full of heavy worries that are making him slow and he just can't let go of them. When he trips on a rock and falls, Spider shows him how to rest his busy mind and tells them that worries aren't so bad if you share them. Nobody likes worries, so it's good to know how to give a worried mind a rest!Suitable for 4- to 7-year-olds.The Feel Brave series was a finalist in the 2017 Education Resources Awards in the Educational Book Award category.

There are many different names and acronyms for these amazing classroom practitioners: teaching assistants (TAs), learning support assistants (LSAs), cover supervisors, supply teachers, student mentors, higher level teaching assistants (HLTAs), learning partners the list goes on. The title doesn't matter but the quality of support, interaction and learning does. Whether you work one-to-one with individual children, support small groups or work with a whole class and whether you work in a primary, secondary or special setting this book is packed with ideas to enhance your practice so you can best support children's learning, while looking out for your own well-being and enjoying your role.You can dip in for top tips, anecdotes, practical strategies and advice on every aspect of the role, as well as have a chuckle as you go. For example, did you know there is a patron saint for just about everything? There is even a patron saint of failures, Birgitta of Sweden, who presumably failed to impress Ofsted on more than one occasion. If you scour the list you'll find that every occupation has a nominated guardian looking after their well-being. That is, except one classroom assistants. So, if there's nobody 'up there' cheering you on, you might need to find the resources within yourself and Andy, Chris and Gary can help. Because, let's face it, working with youngsters isn't for the fainthearted is it? What do you do if you are sworn at? How do you engage a reluctant learner? What about safeguarding? How do you support children with SEND? How do you handle a challenging parent? How can you develop your career further? These topics, and a whole raft more, are woven into this book which will set you on the road to brilliance!It doesn't matter whether it's inspiration or new ideas you want - this book has a plethora of both. It may challenge your thinking, it may persuade you to do something different, and above all it will put you in serious danger of being brilliant at what you do. There's nothing more important or vital than the education and development of our youngsters: the mission of the Art of Being Brilliant series is to help all educators unlock their brilliance.The Art of Being Brilliant series was a finalist in the 2017 Education Resources Awards in the Educational Book Award category.

Don't expect a textbook full of highfalutin theories though, this book is rammed full of practical ideas that you can use instantly to help you in your current role or to get the position you want. How do you create a brilliant team? What is needed to establish an awesome ethos? How do you do those difficult personnel things? How do you make an impact? Answers to all of these questions and more are based on the combined 100 plus years of the authors' leadership experience in a wide range of educational settings. You'll find a cornucopia of pick and mix tips, strategies and stuff that really works and will make your leadership brilliant!Leadership doesn't come from formulae or from the latest list of government standards. Neither does it come from the school handbook or a 'values' poster in the staffroom. If you pick up 100 different leadership books you'll find 100 different nuanced definitions. Fundamentally, brilliant leadership is inspiring people to go the extra mile. There's a difference between 'outstanding' and 'brilliant'. Brilliant is self-made, inside out, creative and beyond the bounds of any simple description. Brilliance is a calling and brilliant practitioners go well beyond the call of duty.Middle leaders are the backbone of any school. At their best they challenge, manage, plan, develop and inspire colleagues to make learning brilliant for kids. Middle leadership covers a broad spectrum of roles and titles: curriculum leader, pastoral leader, key stage coordinator, subject coordinator, head of department, school leader, head of year, school leadership, head of house, head of faculty, subject leader. This book is aimed at anyone in middle leadership, regardless of job title, whether long in the tooth, new to leadership or wanting to get into it. Dip into this book and you'll find a wide range of tools, strategies, advice and top tips to help you be your brilliant best.Gary, Chris and Andy cover the myriad of issues facing middle leaders with their customary mix of good humour and solid, experience-informed advice. Topics covered include: starting a new role; whether in a new school or following internal promotion, what your colleagues and the kids will expect of you, identifying personal strengths and areas for further development, shifting your focus from your to-do list to your to-be list, having an impact, building rapport and a team ethos, planting seeds of positivity across the school, tips for holding effective meetings, how to plan improvement which works for your team and meets the expectations of senior leaders, planning, implementing and evaluating change, dealing with negative colleagues, overcoming issues and personnel problems, understanding and owning your thinking, celebrating successes, modelling and sharing best practice and developing a brilliant team.The Art of Being Brilliant series was a finalist in the 2017 Education Resources Awards in the Educational Book Award category.