The quote, attributed to Dame Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop, resonated with me when I first came across it many years ago and continues to serve as a constant prompt.<\/p>\n
The Britannica Dictionary defines passion as \u2018a strong feeling of enthusiasm or excitement for something or about doing something\u2019. Reflecting on my time at Brighton Grammar School as Director of Advancement, being passionate has certainly meant I have maintained a sense of enthusiasm and excitement for my role.<\/p>\n
I believe passion is one of the most important qualities of a good leader. Passionate leaders have a strong desire to achieve their goals and help others in their team.\u00a0 They are fully committed to what they do and have a positive energy that can encourage others.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Having spent many years in school development, I\u2019d like to share three tips I believe can help shape passionate leadership:<\/p>\n
1. Be Positive<\/strong><\/p>\n As Anita Roddick eluded, your thinking creates your reality.\u00a0 If you believe in something with such a passion, it will happen.\u00a0 This is something I firmly believe.\u00a0 Of course, you cannot be positive all the time but it\u2019s important to push back should negative thinking limit your achievements.\u00a0 Your positivity also impacts those who work with you so make positivity a priority!<\/p>\n 2. Be a Passionate Team Builder<\/strong><\/p>\n Building a team of school development professionals who share a passion for the mission at hand is essential.\u00a0 I think particularly of Brighton Grammar\u2019s ground-breaking work in the online \u2018giving day\u2019 space, back in 2017.\u00a0 The success of our inaugural giving day, and those that have followed, simply would not have eventuated without a team of likeminded, passionate colleagues who shared a common goal to achieve.<\/p>\n 3. Be a Risk Taker<\/strong><\/p>\n Passionate people are more likely to implement new or different ways of doing things, particularly if they believe these will move their organisation forward.\u00a0 The team I currently have the immense pleasure of working with, in the Brighton Grammar School Development Office, are all committed to this belief; they share a passion for always pursuing better things.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Encouraging such risk taking also increases passion.\u00a0<\/p>\n So, make positivity a priority, build a passionate team around you and take a few risks.\u00a0 You might even find that being passionate in all that you do at work has consequences that can affect other areas of your life as well.\u00a0 As Jon Bon Jovi said, \u201cNothing is as important as passion.\u00a0 No matter what you want to do with your life, be passionate.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n John Phillips<\/strong><\/p>\n Director of Advancement, Brighton Grammar School<\/p>\n Dip. T., Grad. Dip. Ed. Tech., M.Ed., F.Edplus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Written by\u00a0John Phillips |\u00a0\u00a0Director of Advancement, Brighton Grammar School\u00a0 |\u00a0 First Published in F2F Magazine, 2022 I love a good inspirational quote. I have certainly read plenty over the years but there is one, and only one, that takes pride of place on my desk. It is this: \u201cTo succeed you have to believe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-650","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/educateplus-vic-tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/educateplus-vic-tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/educateplus-vic-tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/educateplus-vic-tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/educateplus-vic-tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/educateplus-vic-tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/08\/PHILLIPS-John-BW.png\")
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