School Leaders and Leadership Teams
I have been working with schools in South Australia, NSW and Victoria for nearly a decade. I love working as a Coach with individual school leaders and school leadership teams, to enhance their ability to lead effectively through challenge and change.
Executive Coaching is primarily about being the best leader you can be. There is no set structure/content, as the coaching engagement is bespoke and designed to meet your specific needs as an individual. A key outcome of executive coaching is gaining greater self-awareness of personal learning needs so you can make adjustments to what you are doing, and these incremental changes make you more effective.
“Julie was so supportive and responsive. In each session she was able to help me draw out the issues that were bothering me and support me to identify effective strategies to help me move forward. I have found my interactions with Julie invaluable. With Julie’s support I have been able to reflect on how I respond as a leader and identify and develop those areas which can be strengthened. I feel I am now equipped with the reflective questions and resources which will allow me to lead with clear vision, confidence, and significantly reduced anxiety.
Deputy Principal, South Australia (2020)
In the Emerging & Aspiring Leaders Program participants reflect on their leadership capabilities, their natural strengths, and the areas they want to develop. Two surveys are completed prior to the program’s commencement, to identify ‘top strengths’ and the other ‘best qualities’.
Each session has a clear focus and is highly experiential, with an action-learning approach that enables the learning to be applied to solve real work challenges.
Through the Program I learned:
“I feel the sessions brought out the best in me. I have learnt to carefully consider my actions and choices before I speak with other professionals, so that I can support them and communicate my intentions with more clarity.”
““Useful, targeted and practical. The course makes the participant reflect, consider and become more self aware from the get go, creating tangible opportunity to implement their learning in the real world straight away.”
Quotes from SA High School Participants
Do you want your school leaders to add skills to their toolkit for growing and developing others? The Coaching Conversations for Leaders Program aims to help you understand the value of coaching and the difference between coaching conversations and the many other types of conversations leaders need to have.
Participants will develop fundamental coaching skills and build the confidence to set up a coaching conversation for success. The one day program can be combined with one-to-one mentor coaching and small group coaching, to embed skills.
“Loved the mixed approach which allowed me to listen, learn and then apply the strategies. Really appreciated the time to practice and being vulnerable within a safe environment.”
“Really valuable information and strategies to build culture … Things that can be applied straight away, which is great.”
“Fantastic! Informative, well-paced, plenty of time for questions, conversation and practice.”
Coaching Conversations Program Participants (2021-23)
Do you want your school leaders to feel less angst when preparing for uncomfortable conversations? In the Challenging Conersations Program we look at challenging conversations: what they are, what stops us having them, and the factors that influence successful delivery.
When handled well a challenging conversation allows you to broach a difficult topic before it becomes a bigger issue, provides an opportunity to increase trust, and can improve the relationship.
“Loved the mixed approach which allowed me to listen, learn and then apply the strategies. Really appreciated the time to practice and being vulnerable within a safe environment.”
“Really valuable information and strategies to build culture … Things that can be applied straight away, which is great.”
“Fantastic! Informative, well-paced, plenty of time for questions, conversation and practice.”
Coaching Conversations Program Participants (2021-23)
Unlike large training organisations who deliver off-the-shelf programs, I do not take a “one size fits all” approach. Instead, I will work closely with you and your team to develop a half-day or full-day workshop which is tailored to meet the specific needs of your school.
I will design and prepare a bespoke session for your team, based on the outcomes you want from the day.
“Thank you so much for the gentle way you have delivered our Staff Retreat. The staff were engaged, relaxed, reflected on themselves and had the opportunity to interact with others”.
School Principal (Catholic School, SA), whole school full
day Retreat (2020)
“So many valuable aspects… building an alignment and clarity regarding leadership, getting to know all team members and through this process, strategically connecting us all, enabling voices to be heard and responding strategically and supportively.”
Principal (large Public High School, SA), whole day Team Coaching Day (2022)
“There was a lot of valuable outcomes from the team coaching process. I really liked the session where we unpacked the good leadership qualities. This showed that we are all on the same page and that we have common values within the team. The process in which we went about identifying those qualities allowed for everyone to have their say and as a result we created a detailed list of what we can aim to model as a team.”
Executive Leadership Team Member (2022)
Feedback from School Leaders
