BUILDING GREAT LEADERS

I heard two business leaders talking about AI on a podcast. The more I listened, the more I thought: this is exactly what's happening in schools right now too. Picture a principal sitting in a meeting. Everyone's talking about using AI for things like writing reports or planning lessons. The principal nods along, but inside they're thinking, "I have no idea what this means, and I'm supposed to be in charge of it." If that's you, don't worry. You're not behind. You're just bei

Your School Has a Culture. The Question Is Whether You Built It. Here's something worth thinking about for a moment. Every school has a culture. The warm, high-trust ones where staff go the extra mile. The cautious, guarded ones where people keep their heads down. The chaotic ones where nobody seems to know what's expected of anyone. The difference between them isn't luck. It isn't the decile rating or the school size or how long the principal has been there. It's whether som

In staffrooms across Aotearoa, the low hum of teachers trying to make sense of another wave of change is impossible to miss. On one side...