Principal for a Day

Mr Alan Neben, Managing Director of Waikato Business Publications Ltd was received by the HBHS Executive team at 8.15am this morning.  He has spent the day tracking the Headmaster and senior leaders of the school as they discussed some of their responsibilities in the public sector. 

Mr Neben was introduced to the staff at morning briefing, considered school publications with Stuart Hakeney and Graham Robinson, then toured the school with Mrs Hassall.  He was welcomed to morning tea in the Pavilion with school Heads of Faculty, reviewing afterwards some of the initiatives the school is most proud of.  Nigel Hotham described our programme of engagement in sport and leadership, Greg Kirkham discussed the high expectations attached to the pastoral system and Mrs Hassall outlined some of the practical implications of 'crafting good men' via nurturing the culture of the school and the role of the leader. 

Mr Neben had an opportunity this afternoon to reflect on his visit with HBHS: ‘The scale of the jobs is different, but there are parallels between the day-to-day running of a business and a school. However, the weight on the shoulders of a headmaster is much, much greater.  I have been really bowled over by the way that the school is run.  I think more business people would benefit from taking the opportunity to ‘be a principal for a day’.