Leading change or leading shifts in people’s thinking, practice and beliefs is at the centre and heart of a leader’s focus. I add heart because beliefs can be deeply held (onto) and leaders require heart to connect with those in the midst of change as well as having a head to know when to step...

Empowering Educational Leaders
the person in the role

We are not looking for another leadership type or even style (a range of styles dependent on situation and context is important); it is starting with the end, the intended outcome, in mind. Not looking for another leadership type or style; starting with the end in mind
Not about magic formulas or...

In the later part of 2022 and early part 2023 interviews with those who have been at the interface of politics and education for the last 20 years in elected ministerial or advisory capacity, were conducted (in N.Z. our former Minister of Education, Hekia Parata was included).

“You can't use an old map to explore a new world”. Wayfinding as a metaphor positions leading as a mutlifaceted process which is not static and not a blueprint or a person. It is about leading not leader and the practice of leading.

"Humanity has reached a bridge that can only be crossed in unity" (Human Reform Politics) Leadership matters! Leaders as human beings matter!

Whakamaua te pae tata kia tina Take hold of your potential so it becomes your reality.

Report summary. The authors here focus us on five key areas in which leadership may need to be changing in the future. These five areas emphasise the creation of a new education narrative, leading with ecosystems; leading with equity; Leading with innovation and leading for futures literacy.

Fullan, in acknowledging the challenges of recent years and the depleting of educators’ energy, puts education and learning at a crossroads. In his view things could go down a wrong path (because there is a vacuum to be filled) or things could rebound, be transformative and really deepen the learning for future generations.

The conversation in education is changing and needs to, as we renegotiate and reimagine learning and leading into the future. The challenge is to have ALL stakeholders in the conversation as we make sense of competing perspectives and worldviews. Jackson & Waldman (2011) state “conversation is the fundamental unit of change. If you change the...