Simon Breakspear, PhD

🙌 A quick team health check gives leaders insight into how their team is really tracking, across trust, clarity, workload and more. Try this free tool buff.ly/9sR4TJi #TeamHealth #SchoolLeadership

Do you want to lead your staff more effectively? The People Leader Program gives you practical tools to do it well. Cohort starts 2 March 2027. Register today 👉 buff.ly/9NxCyUP #PeopleLeaderProgram #SchoolLeadership #EducationalLeadership

Lean monitoring starts before you collect a single survey or sample 🎯 Call your shot first: what will change, by how much and by when? Read my latest newsletter here buff.ly/a1o1o78 #LeanMonitoring #SchoolImprovement

📅 Mark your calendars: 2 March 2027. That’s when our next People Leader Program begins! Registrations now open. 👉 buff.ly/cGUjT3g #PeopleLeaderProgram #SchoolLeadership #EducationalLeadership

Better outcomes don't always come from doing more. Strategic subtraction, removing what no longer serves learning, can be a leader's most powerful move. 🎙️ Listen to the discussion on the High Tech High Unboxed podcast. buff.ly/gYf6ZBC #Pruning

Busy leaders need development that works. The People Leader Program offers 3 x 2hr workshops across 12 weeks. Focused, practical & actionable. Begins 2 March 2027. Learn more 🔗 buff.ly/cGUjT3g #PeopleLeaderProgram #EducationalLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #SchoolLeadership

📢 Registrations are open for the Lean Monitoring Program. A 12-week program for leadership teams who want to know their work is on track. Starts 16 February 2027. Join here 👉 buff.ly/XmKmZwC #LeanMonitoring #EducationalLeadership #SchoolLeadership

📢 Registrations are open for the People Leader Program. A 12-week digital program for school leaders who want to strengthen their leadership of people. Starts 2 March 2027. Join here 👉 buff.ly/cGUjT3g #PeopleLeaderProgram #EducationalLeadership #SchoolLeadership

🚨 The Lean Monitoring Program begins on 16 February. Three focused workshops. Predict, Collect, Analyse. Learn more here 👉 buff.ly/XmKmZwC #LeanMonitoring #EducationalLeadership #SchoolLeadership

Persistence isn't stubbornly pushing the same plan. Adaptive persistence means staying committed to the goal while flexing how you get there. buff.ly/zpxq8M5 #AgileLeadership #Resilience

🎧 GenAI can boost productivity, but outsourcing the core of learning is risky. Listen to the discussion as we weigh the real opportunities and dangers, on the AI in Education Podcast with Dan Bowen & Ray Fleming. buff.ly/kOrpLVV or buff.ly/R9efdZG #AIinEducation #SchoolLeadership

One program. Three powerful workshops. 💡 Listenting & Coaching 💡 Direction & Delegation 💡 Effective Feedback The People Leader Program starts 2 March 2027. Register today 👉 buff.ly/cGUjT3g #PeopleLeaderProgram #EducationalLeadership #SchoolLeadership

🔴 Some of your most important tasks are invisible - because nobody is chasing you for them. They're your kettle tasks: slow to boil, and next year's improvement can't get moving until they're done. Name one, switch it on this week. 👉 buff.ly/XpaqvD9 #schoolleadership

🌍 Join school leaders in the Lean Monitoring Program. A 12-week program to know whether your improvement work is on track. Starts 16 February 2027. Secure your place 👉 buff.ly/WKR6u3b #schoolleadership

☕ When you're making a cup of tea, what's the first thing you do? Put the kettle on - it's the one step you can't hurry. Every improvement plan has kettle tasks too: slow to boil, and next year's progress can't start until you finish them. 👉 buff.ly/97OGZv6 #schoolleadership

🚨 The Lean Monitoring Program begins on 16 February. Three focused workshops. Predict, Collect, Analyse. Learn more here 👉 buff.ly/WKR6u3b #LeanMonitoring #EducationalLeadership #SchoolLeadership

Most of the changes we design for our teams are like Ottolenghi recipes. What they can fit into a real week looks more like Jamie Oliver. The changes that stick aren't the impressive ones - they're the ones simple enough for busy people to repeat. Read more here 👉 buff.ly/HKsTuXl #schoolleadership

🚨 The Lean Monitoring Program begins on 16 February. Three focused workshops. Predict, Collect, Analyse. Work on a real improvement priority from your own school, using field-tested, practical tools. Learn more here 👉 buff.ly/WKR6u3b #LeanMonitoring #EducationalLeadership #SchoolLeadership

Every school leader needs the skills to engage, communicate & give feedback. That’s the focus of the People Leader Program. Cohort begins 2 March 2027. 🔗 buff.ly/9MuNwhT #PeopleLeaderProgram #SchoolLeadership #EducationalLeadership

🌍 Join school leaders in the Lean Monitoring Program. A 12-week program with practical tools to tell whether your improvement work is on track. Starts 16 February 2027. Secure your place 👉 buff.ly/WKR6u3b #LeanMonitoring #SchoolLeaders

Learn how to track the early signals that your strategies are working, or quietly drifting, and adjust while you still can - so you can get the impact you want. Lean Monitoring program. Starts 16 February 2027. 👉 buff.ly/ziON1Ct #LeanMonitoring #SchoolLeadership

Struggling to lead your staff effectively? The People Leader Program gives you practical tools to do it well. Cohort starts 2 March 2027. Register today 👉 buff.ly/KacuIU7 #PeopleLeaderProgram #SchoolLeadership #EducationalLeadership

Results that matter take a year to show up in the data. Lean Monitoring teaches you to read the early signals long before then. Cohort begins 16 February 2027. 🔗 buff.ly/ziON1Ct #SchoolLeadership

📅 Mark your calendars: 2 March 2027. That’s when our next People Leader Program begins! Registration is now open. 👉 buff.ly/2Olr8uk #PeopleLeaderProgram #SchoolLeadership #EducationalLeadership

Your team is pouring energy into improvement. But is it working? For most teams the honest answer is "we hope so." Lean Monitoring helps you know for sure. Starts 16 February 2027. Learn more 👉 buff.ly/ziON1Ct #SchoolLeadership

Term 1 PD sorted in one click. Instead of scrambling to plan a whole-staff day, register once and it's done - a facilitated workshop, live online 27 or 28 Jan 2027, on AI in Schools: Who’s Doing the Thinking?. One rego, your whole staff, a big job off your list. buff.ly/xrhVwCP #AIinSchools

When did your team last run a project retrospective? This is a great tool to try - a structured 25-min session to review your actions, learn from what worked, and get better every cycle. buff.ly/LYem9yA #SchoolLeadership #EducationalLeadership

Learn how to track the early signals that your strategies are working, or quietly drifting, and adjust while you still can - so you can get the impact you want. Lean Monitoring Program. Starts 16 February 2027. 👉 buff.ly/j6t7B5d #LeanMonitoring #EducationalLeadership #SchoolLeadership

Get answers to the hard questions around AI in schools. Evidence and frameworks to navigate a time when AI is creeping into every classroom and role. Join my whole-staff online workshop; choose your date 27 or 28 Jan 2027. buff.ly/xrhVwCP #AIinSchools #Educationalleadership

📢 Registrations are open for the Lean Monitoring Program. A 12-week program for leadership teams who want to know that their work is on track. Starts 16 February 2027. Join here 👉 buff.ly/j6t7B5d #LeanMonitoring #SchoolLeadership

An oldie but a goodie - A podcast series about practical ideas on education change, leadership, and enhancing the long-term impact of our schools. Simon in conversation with Prof. Michael Fullan. simonbreakspear.com/fullan/ #EdLeadership #SchoolImprovement

Before launching an initiative, imagine it has failed and ask why. A pre-mortem surfaces risks early, while you can still do something about them. simonbreakspear.com/pre-mortem/ #DecisionMaking #SchoolImprovement

When AI does more of the work, who's doing the thinking? Start the school year with the conversation every staffroom needs to have. Join me live online, 27 or 28 Jan 2027. All staff welcome 👉 buff.ly/xrhVwCP #AIinSchools #Educationalleadership

🚀 Registrations are now open for the Lean Monitoring Program. A 12-week program for leaders who want to know their improvement work is on track, not just hope it is. Starts 16 February 2027. Learn more 👉 simonbreakspear.com/lean-monitor... #LeanMonitoring #EducationalLeadership #SchoolLeadership

Term 1 PD sorted in one click. Instead of scrambling to plan a whole-staff day, register once and it's done - a facilitated workshop, live online 27 or 28 Jan 2027, on AI in Schools: Who’s Doing the Thinking? One rego, your whole staff, a big job off your list. buff.ly/xrhVwCP #AIinSchools

Results that matter take a year to show up in the data. Lean Monitoring teaches you to read the early signals long before then. Cohort begins 16 February 2027. 🔗 simonbreakspear.com/lean-monitor... #LeanMonitoring #EducationalLeadership #SchoolLeadership

Have you tried The Retrospective? A simple, structured reflection at the end of a cycle helps teams learn from what just happened and then carry those lessons into what's next. buff.ly/EMgYlq5 #TeamLearning #EducationalLeadership

📅 AI in Schools: Who's Doing the Thinking? A facilitated whole-staff workshop with Simon Breakspear. Wed 27 January 2027, live via Zoom, or run it yourself anytime in Term 1 with the recording. buff.ly/xrhVwCP #AIinEducation #SchoolLeadership #EducationalLeadership #StaffDay

Ask a room of leaders why they dodge a hard conversation and the list is always the same. But the missing piece isn't nerve - it's structure. 4 Steps: Frame it, name it, explain the impact, create motion together. The key throughout: be specific. Read more here - buff.ly/fR2Uijt

🧠 AI in Schools: Who's doing the thinking? Start the school year with a whole-staff conversation every school now needs to have. Live online 27 Jan or run it from the recording. buff.ly/GUmgr4u #AIinEducation #SchoolLeadership #EducationalLeadership #StaffDay

Sustainable improvement doesn't mean sprinting endlessly. Working at a natural pace protects energy and keeps teams effective over the long haul. simonbreakspear.com/27-working-a... #SchoolLeadership #Wellbeing #SustainableLeadership

🚀 Registrations are now open for the Lean Monitoring Program. A 12-week program for leaders who want to know their improvement work is on track, not just hope it is. Starts 16 February 2027. Learn more 👉 simonbreakspear.com/lean-monitor... #LeanMonitoring #EducationalLeadership #SchoolLeadership

🧠 AI in Schools: Who's Doing the Thinking? A whole-staff workshop. Live online 27 Jan or run it from the recording. One registration covers your whole staff. buff.ly/GUmgr4u #AIinEducation #SchoolLeadership #EducationalLeadership #StaffDay

Feedback lands when it's specific. "You're not a team player" invites an argument. Naming the exact behaviour, in the exact context, with the exact impact gives someone something real to respond to. A simple four-step structure to get there: buff.ly/psoDPtA #SchoolLeadership #EffectiveFeedback

Saying no doesn't have to damage a relationship. Done clearly and kindly, it protects your team's focus and models healthy boundaries. 📝 Read my article about it here → buff.ly/Ds8nl5g #schoolleadership #educationalleadership #pruningprinciple

🚀 Our People Leader Program's August 2026 cohort has launched! It was wonderful to kick off with over 80 school leadership teams this morning & see everyone so energised about the work. Our next cohort is in March 2027. Learn more here 👉 buff.ly/rmy53fs #SchoolLeadership #EducationalLeadership

🎧 I recently joined Richard Henry & James Macdonald on the Where's Your Head At? podcast to discuss school leadership, strategic pruning, meaningful monitoring & keeping human formation at the centre as AI reshapes education. Listen here 👉 buff.ly/PMV6pht

📅 4 August is fast approaching. The People Leader Program is nearly full. Three live-streamed workshops designed for busy leaders. Learn more 👉 buff.ly/kRtcbYZ #PeopleLeaderProgram #EducationalLeadership #SchoolLeadership

💬 Most of us dodge hard feedback to avoid discomfort. But withheld feedback stalls growth. Naming why we avoid it is the first step to giving it well. buff.ly/nQymPCC #Feedback #Coaching

🚨 Registrations closing soon for the #PeopleLeaderProgram. Three focused workshops. 9 weeks of structured growth. One stronger leadership team. Starts 4 August 2026. 👉 buff.ly/kRtcbYZ #PeopleLeaderProgram #SchoolLeadership