Thinking about Visible Leadership - "Leaders need to be seen and heard. Staff take their cue from the leaders. If you have a particular view about something such as the quality of professional development offered by your local authority and you share your view openly, you can rest assured that your staff will adopt the same view. Every day you are modelling professional behaviours, responses and attitudes. If you model through your behaviours and habits that the children matter and that their learning, progress, standards are important, they will be important for everyone."