Managing your staff for success

Effective school leaders get results through their staff, not from them. This chapter provides information and tips that will assist you to manage your staff successfully, so that together you can effectively and efficiently achieve your goals. The chapter looks at: how to effectively communicate with your staff; ways of motivating your staff to work harder and better; tips for appointing the right staff; suggestions for retaining good staff; the power of teams and how to make them work; performance appraisal; mentoring; coaching; and how to deal with problem staff.