Sir Michael Wilshaw argued in this week's TES that the best heads think outside the box.
“Don’t be afraid to be slightly maverick,” he said. “Do things out of
the ordinary; don’t necessarily be a conformist. Strange is sometimes
good. The best heads are often quite odd people - I think I was one of
them.”
"You don't have to be crazy to run schools, but....you do. Wilshaw and the eccentricity of leadership