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The Leadership Compass

Kantor’s Four-Player Model: A Leadership Lens for Understanding Group Dynamics

December 5, 2025December 5, 2025 Tom Eccleston

A Conversation That Stalls Picture a school team meeting to plan the transition from percentage grading to a proficiency scale. The room is filled with

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The Leadership Compass

Falling in Love with Our Schools: Systems Thinking to Transform Education

October 30, 2025October 30, 2025 Tom Eccleston

As school leaders, we often feel the weight of the world pressing in on our classrooms and hallways in the form of student disengagement, social

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What I'm Reading

The Infinite Game: A Book Review for Education Leaders

October 10, 2025October 10, 2025 Tom Eccleston

In The Infinite Game, Simon Sinek (2019) expands his vision of leadership from performance to purpose. Building on James P. Carse’s (1986) distinction between finite

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What The Art of Coaching Taught Me About Leadership

August 23, 2025September 18, 2025 Tom Eccleston

When I first picked up Elena Aguilar‘s The Art of Coaching: Effective Strategies for School Transformation, I wasn’t looking for more quick leadership strategies or

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What I'm Reading

Rethinking Rigor: A Review of The Global Achievement Gap

July 28, 2025September 18, 2025 Tom Eccleston

Originally published in 2008, Tony Wagner’s The Global Achievement Gap remains a provocative call to re-imagine what schools are truly preparing students for. Nearly two

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The Leadership Compass

From Compliance to Curiosity: Transforming Staff Learning Through Inquiry

July 20, 2025September 20, 2025 Tom Eccleston

Professional learning in schools often starts with compliance: mandatory workshops, health and safety checklists, and reporting directives. While necessary at times, this approach rarely inspires

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