S05 - E08 Janet Smith

In this episode Janet Smith, CEO and Principal of Nottingham College, joins Nick MacKenzie to discuss what it takes to rebuild a college after years of mergers, low morale, financial pressure and the fallout of Covid-19. Janet talks openly about the personal experience that shaped her approach to leadership, and why resilience and humour matter when the challenges don't let up. She explains how she arrived at a college with no shared identity, an Ofsted ‘Requires Improvement’ grad...