Insights
We regularly produce articles that we hope will inform, inspire, and provide insights into school strategy and leadership.
Principal Succession Planning: What Schools Forget After the Appointment New
Principal succession planning shouldn’t end with the appointment. Strong transitions depend on thoughtful induction, cultural understanding, and continuity in the relationship between the Principal and Board Chair.
When ‘The Vibe of the Thing’ Isn’t Enough | Making Better Decisions Under Pressure
When time is short and the stakes are high, intuition can easily take over. This article explores how Boards and leaders can use simple decision-making disciplines to test assumptions, counter groupthink, and make better choices under pressure.
Strategic Dexterity Is a Practice | How school leaders can sharpen their strategic edge
Great strategists aren’t born with strategic dexterity. They build it through practice. This article explores how school leaders can sharpen their strategic thinking, challenge assumptions, make better choices, and measure whether they are genuinely improving.
Fixing School Strategy
School strategy cannot remain a polished document that gets admired, filed, and quietly forgotten. The schools best placed for the future will be those whose leaders build the imagination, courage, discipline and shared language to keep making strategic choices when the landscape shifts.
Open Book Management: Why Good Ideas Get Said No To
Schools don’t lack good ideas. They’re drowning in them. Open book management gives middle leaders the context to see trade-offs, understand constraints, and shape ideas that actually land, not just sound good.
The Gender Pay Gap in Schools Is Not a Pay Problem
The recent WGEA report shows education’s gender pay gap sits at 7.2%. Small compared to many industries, yet progress is slow. At the current pace, parity could still be a decade away. The real issue may not be pay scales, but the leadership pipelines shaping who rises to the top.
You Call It Transparency. Your Team Calls It Something Else.
Transparency isn’t about saying more. It’s about removing uncertainty so people can act. Overshare and you create noise. Say too little and you create doubt. The real skill? Knowing the difference when it matters most.
New Title. Old You. Now What?
Promotion changes expectations overnight, but identity evolves slower. You are not failing, you are forming. The leaders who thrive treat growth as a discipline, not a hope, and give themselves permission to become the person the role now requires.
Are Schools Ready to Face the Next 10 Years?
Australian schools face a future shaped by AI, workforce shortages, fee pressure and social change. Planning harder won’t be enough. Scenario-Informed Strategy helps leaders draw future uncertainty into today’s choices, assumptions and governance conversations.
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