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The Essential Roles of
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The world is changing at an unprecedented pace Every day Principals and School Leaders are making countless decisions and facing problems they’ve never encountered before What worked yesterday can change overnight The speed is relentless, the stakes are high, but the rewards are great for those who can lead a team to consistently achieve
So how can leaders stay ahead of the curve and differentiate themselves and their teams when so much is changing so quickly?
Even in the most turbulent times, there are four roles leaders play that are highly predictive of success We call them essential, because as leaders consciously lead themselves and their teams in alignment with these roles, they lay the foundation for effective leadership
4 ESSENTIAL ROLES OF LEADERSHIP
1. Inspire Trust: Be the credible leader others choose to follow one with both character and competence.
2. Create Vision: Clearly define where your team is going and how they are going to get there
3 Execute Strategy: Consistently achieve results with and through others using disciplined processes
4. Coach Potential: Unleash the ability of each person on your team to improve performance, solve problems, and grow their capability and future potential.
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NSW Educator Perception Study Results
During the NSWPPA Primary Principal’s Conference in October, FranklinCovey Education undertook a survey to gain the perception of NSW Educators (and in particular Principals), into some of the areas they have found challenging during the 2024 school year, compared to the 2023 school year
While I am sure the results won’t surprise you, the areas that Principals indicated were their greatest challenge were:
Teacher well-being - with 24% of the vote
Student’s disruptive behaviour - with 22% of the vote
Teacher burnout - with 16% of the vote
With Teacher burnout and well-being both being rated as more than 50% worse in 2023, than in 2024.
Other options provided within the survey made up the remainder being students’ engagement in their learning, students’ respect for others, and then teacher leadership opportunities, rating the lowest - with only 5% of Principals indicating this was a challenge
When asked how confident Principals were on being able to make significant improvements to their greatest challenge in 2025, an overwhelming 63% indicated they were somewhat confident, although anecdotally, feedback was that this was based on hope
Other anecdotal feedback shared aligned very closely with our global research in this area, and that was surrounding the changes in societal and generational expectations and perceptions. With more families and caregivers suffering from greater anxiety, stress and burnout, the impact of this is often felt by teachers who are navigating the resulting heightened emotions, within their daily interactions with families and caregivers
Thank you to all who contributed to this survey, and if you would like to receive some resources to support your school challenges in 2025, please contact Claire Banks at FranklinCovey Education on claire banks@franklincovey com au or via phone on 0401 445 266
Congratulations to the winners of our Book Packs:
Andrew Hooper - Emu Heights Public School
Belinda - Bowning Public School
Matt Bradley - Mayfield West Demonstration School
Neralie Chappell - Peakhurst South Public School
Amanda - Koonawarra Public School
FranklinCovey aspires to be the most trusted leadership company in the world.
Within FranklinCovey Education, everything we do is designed to help schools succeed in three key areas.
We are proud to be professional learning partners with the NSW Primary Principal’s Association, to bring the following world class content areas to Principals and School Leaders across NSW.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Multipliers
Leading at the Speed of Trust
The 4 Essential Roles of Leadership
Leadership Modular Series
We build leaders at all levels, from the classroom to the boardroom.
Why FranklinCovey?
35+
Years as one of the most trusted leadership companies in the world
Why does this matter? - We strive to live and embody our material, and produce the best content for our clients to really help them with their current and future needs. When you look at this from a year-on-year perspective, we are succeeding.
60m+
Books sold globally
Why does this matter? - Our books are accessible to everyone and are designed to help every individual improve and change ineffective behaviours to become more effective in their pursuits. The reason they continue to be rated as some of the top selling books, is due to reputation and wordof-mouth referrals.
24 Languages supported globally
Why does this matter? - We truly are a global company Many of the examples within our programs come from our global partners Being able to translate into local languages, makes our world class content accessible and relatable for all.
2025 FRANKLIN COVEY PROGRAM
Monday, 6 May Multipliers
Monday, 28 July
Monday, 15 September
Mon 23 June –Tue 24 June
Tue 29 July –Wed 30 July
Thu 15 May –Fri 16 May Leading at the Speed of Trust 2-Day Face-to-Face
2 July
Thu 17 July –Fri 18 July
Tue 1 July –Wed 2 July
Expression of Interest
COACHING
The Essential Roles of
A FRAMEWORK FOR SUCCESS FOR SCHOOL LEADERS EVERYWHERE
FranklinCovey coaching will equip Principals with the tools and strategies to excel in four key roles: Executor, Innovator, Strategist, and Relationship Builder.
Through coaching, Principals learn to balance these roles effectively, inspiring and empowering their teams to achieve outstanding results.
