ABOUT
Dr Paul Gentle
Dr Paul Gentle
Academic Director
A leadership expert, Paul has dedicated the last fifteen years to creating and delivering leadership development programmes in higher education.
“I’ve been working in higher education for over 25 years in various guises; as a Head of Department, Dean, a Director of Programmes specialising in leadership development, and now as Academic Director for Invisible Grail I work with senior leaders and learned a great deal about the nuances of senior leadership.
“Invisible Grail represents the two halves of my whole: a passion for leadership development and a love for narrative and communication. In 2016 a thrilling journey among Atlantic islands of Europe inspired a personal quest, and led serendipitously to my wanting to enable leaders to make an impact by discovering their own narrative.”
Paul’s Posts
Improve your Organisational Culture through discovering what drives behaviours and practices
Sustaining people through their souls
Cultural Glue
Kindness at work: part two
RESOURCES
Engaging Leaders: The challenge of inspiring collective commitment in universities
Paul Gentle
Addressing the question of how leadership can work most successfully in universities, Engaging Leaders strengthens the sense of shared professional knowledge and capability amongst leaders in higher education. Presenting a narrative of change which not only spells out why universities need to work differently, this book also takes the reader through clear practical steps which any practising leader can take in order to build a collaborative professional culture which supports and challenges all members of an academic community.
Engaging Leaders is for those who see themselves as leaders in higher education, whether or not this is recognised in their job title. It provides stimulating perspectives on what they might do to become more engaged and engaging, and includes examples of inspiring practice which is already making a difference in universities, colleges and new private providers. It will be of value to established managers as well as those new in post, and also for those participating in postgraduate programmes.
