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At #TLAB15 Mark Steed (@independenthead) spoke about his performance appraisal system which is founded on an emphasis on the 'why' prior to developing the how and the what.  He urged us, if we had not already done so, to watch the TEDtalk by Simon Sinek on 'Starting with why - how great leaders inspire action' and so I did (the talk can be found here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VdO7LuoBzM) and it got me thinking about my current role and my next steps. For those of you who don't know, I moved schools in January and have moved from a very challenging context to an incredibly successful school where I found myself at times wondering what it is that I could do that could possibly make something so good any better.  Having watched the talk, I feel as though I have had a little bit of an epiphany - I have been thinking far too much about the what - what should I be doing? What action should I be taking? I have lost sight of the why I do what I do,  It therefore...

I had wanted to attend TLAB15 ever since I read the twitter feed from those lucky enough to attend TLAB14.  And I have to say I was not disappointed.  The day was incredibly well organised with a range of different workshop talks to ensure universal appeal to the audience.  I always think the measure of a good day of learning is characterised by two things - the energy and engagement that you feel whilst you are there and the impact it will have on your practice once you get home.  So that's how I will structure this reflection - the thing or things that really engaged me and what that will mean in my current projects that I am working on.  I will include my usual disclaimer - apologies to any of the speakers in my interpretations are inaccurate/do not reflect the points you made - this is just my take on it. Keynote 1: Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore This was an incredibly interesting and engagement talk by Blakemore which reminded me of my days of study...