Beyond Advice: How Human-Centered Leadership Transforms Schools

About this episode

This episode features a conversation with Annette Gray about human-centered leadership and its impact on schools.

In this insightful episode of Professional Learnings, host Drew introduces Season 4 with a powerful conversation featuring executive coach and leadership consultant, Annette Gray. Annette shares her profound insights on navigating leadership through crisis, fostering human-centred school cultures, and the critical importance of self-awareness for educational leaders. Drawing from her experience supporting principals during the recovery phase of the 2019-2020 Australian bushfires, Annette disc...

People in this episode

Host: Drew

Guest: Annette Gray

Topics covered

• human-centered leadership
• educational leadership
• crisis management
• self-awareness
• school culture

Keywords

• leadership
• education
• self-awareness
• school culture
• crisis management

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NSW PPA Professional Learning

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