Elevating Leadership Program

• Anyone in middle or senior leadership
• Anyone new to leadership
• Leaders who want to improve their leadership style, want to work more effectively with others, to improve team dynamics
• Find conflict stressful and difficult to manage, put it off, are unsure what to say in the moment, want to be able to defuse a conflict situation rather than ignore it.
• Leaders who want to build leadership capacity in others, empower others, improve the way they work together as a team and improve team performance, create a more collaborative culture
• Produce better outcomes for the individual and the school, innovate their approach, enhance their leadership skills, lead change effectively.

Module 1: CLEAR – Define Your Leadership Style

• Your preferred behavioural style.
• How your style can be perceived by others.
• How to adapt your communication styles when dealing with different people.
• How to read the cues of others so you can adjust your communication style.
• How to improve teamwork and strengthen your team by embracing the different behavioural styles of communication.
• How to use your new knowledge of behavioural preferences to reduce conflict and navigate difficult situations.
• The 6 primary motivators and how to use them to positively impact collaboration.

Module 2: CONFIDENT – Managing Conflict

• A 6-step framework that will help you work through challenging conversations and co-create a solution
• How to adopt a coaching mindset and approach to working through the conflict to a win-win outcome
• How to be more assertive in your language and interactions every day
• How different personality types respond under stress and the best way to work with others
• The emotional intelligence techniques to help manage the emotions of all parties involved
• How develop a suite of statements and questions so you have the language ready to draw upon at any moment
• How to create an Action Plan for your next challenging conversation so now you are ready!

Module 3: CONSISTENT – Coach Certification Program

• The benefits of coaching for school leaders.
• A collection of proven questioning techniques
• The skills and mindset you need to coach effectively.
• The art of coaching using 2 powerful coaching frameworks and a collection of proven questioning techniques.
• How to incorporate coaching into your everyday leadership style.
• The difference between coaching and mentoring and the serious pitfalls of providing advice.

Module 4: CONSIDERED – The Strategic Leader – Managing Change

• How to identify any gaps in your current leadership style and how to use emotional intelligence to close them.
• How to evaluate your current activities, priorities and focus so you can identify where your attention should be to create the best organizational outcomes.
• How to identify and build your own ‘support crew’.
• Map the status of your stakeholder relationships and plan what needs to be improved.
• Evaluate the quality of your professional relationships and design the necessary conversations to enhance them.
• How to reduce the usual friction caused by change and instead get people excited to participate in the change process with you.
• How to drive the team dynamic by mapping the professional boundaries and expectations for yourself and everyone in the team.

Module 1: CLEAR – Define Your Leadership Style

• A clear understanding of your style as a leader and a deeper appreciation of the impact you have on the workplace.
• The self-awareness to change the way you work so you can be more productive and effective in your role.
• The capacity to identify styles in others, enabling you to work better with others, especially colleagues who are different to you.
• The confidence to lead positively and reduce potential for difficult conversations, disagreements, and misunderstandings.
• The skills to manage conversations, set expectations, manage group dynamics, team meetings, and minimise relationship difficulties between colleagues.

Module 2: CONFIDENT – Managing Conflict

• Walk away with a proven framework to follow that gives you the confidence to face any challenging conversation.
• Develop your own tool kit of phrases and language to draw on at a moment’s notice to help you move past the conflict and ensure a smoother outcome-driven discussion.
• Establish the ability to hold assertive conversations that lead to faster resolutions and better outcomes for all parties.
• Use a collaborative coaching style to increase your resilience during difficult moments and better equip you to move the situation from conflict to conversation.
• Instantly be seen as a more effective leader and educator because you have the skills, language, and tools to use when working with colleagues and parents.

Module 3: CONSISTENT – Coach Certification Program

• Enjoy the unique opportunity to develop and practice your coaching skills over two-days in a safe and supportive space.
• Develop the comfort and confidence to immediately put your new coaching skills into practice as soon as you return to the workplace.
• Walk away with a full repertoire of coaching tools and resources you can constantly reference to help you use this powerful approach every day.
• Enjoy the freedom to use coaching in a formal sense, or simply intersperse coaching questions into meetings and conversations and allow coaching to become your default style.
• Shift from being an advice-giver to a leader who empowers others to generate their own solutions and fulfil their true potential.

Module 4: CONSIDERED – The Strategic Leader – Managing Change

• Discover how to shift your focus from managing to leading.
• Learn how to see the bigger picture, lead the way for your team and make a greater impact.
• Improve your ability to evaluate your progress as a team. Identify the changes you and your individual team members need to make to accelerate results.
• Increase confidence in your ability to effect change from your own task and time management to relationship dynamics and strategic change and innovation needs.
• Discover the most effective way to move your mindset out of the day-to-day management and create space to focus on the future to maximise your team’s development.

• An individual 40-page DISC Profile Report
• Bonus Driving Forces report highlighting your motivators.
• Four detailed workbooks
• Resources Cards and Templates and Tools to use immediately in the workplace
• The amazing Coaching Focus bent pen
• Certificate of Completion, mapped against AITSL Standards
• 36.5 hours Prof. Development

To assist you with the task of completing your PD Application we have created this guide. It provides you with the essential information you need to complete your application successfully.

Janine Stratford 

Leadership Coach, Coach-Trainer & Career Strategist

BSc GradDipEd, GradDipAdHlth&Wlfar, MEd(EdMgt), PCC, MACE, MACEL, MAICD

Janine Stratford is the founder of Coaching Focus, a company dedicated to helping create better leaders and school cultures.

Janine is recognised nationally as one of Australia’s premier Leadership Coaches and Facilitators in the education sector. A former Deputy Principal, Janine understands what it takes to build a great career, lead a successful team, and run a world class school.

With over a dozen years’ experience in coaching, Janine has helped countless teachers to accelerate their career path and supported the growth and development of hundreds of schools across Australia and New Zealand.

A Professional Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation, a Professional Behavioural Analyst and a specialist in conflict management using Restorative Practices, Janine’s cultural transformation programs and leadership development course are considered by many to be the finest in the world.

Having worked with Janine in her capacity as a Career Strategist and Coach Trainer, with her experience and background, I believe she really is the ‘go to person’ for schools looking to make a meaningful difference in the capacity of their staff.

Peter Edwards, Head of Faculty, Lauriston Girls’ School, VIC

Janine uses the online webinar medium in a personal, confidential, and connected way, so that participants can explore their practice in a safe and directed manner for real professional growth. I always come away with new insight into my own development as an educational leader, a refreshed skill base and networking I feel I can continue communicating with as I further hone my skills.                        

Julia Strentz, Preshil Independent School, VIC

With more than 40 of our staff having completed the Coach Certification Program, we have seen a definite transformation in the way our teams communicate, collaborate, and coach. The value of Janine’s work is undeniable. I would strongly recommend to any school leader who is serious about improving the performance of their people to engage Janine.

Dale Gleeson, Deputy Principal- Learning and Teaching, Galen Catholic College, VIC

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• Do I need to complete the modules in order? You can complete the modules in any order once you have completed Module 1.
• How long does it take to complete the program? This depends on how quickly you want to move through the 4 modules. We recommend 1 module per term or semester, which means you can complete it across 12 months or 24 months. It’s up to you.
• Can I change module dates once I have registered? You can change module dates once you have registered. Simply email office@coachingfocus.com.au and let us know your reason for changing and your preferred new date/dates. We will do our best to allocate you to a new module date if there is availability in the group.
• How do I get the resources for the program? All resources are Express Posted to you in the week prior to the module date. If they do not arrive in time, we will provide an electronic copy of the workbook and resources (where possible).
• Can I get a refund, or a credit, if I need to cancel my registration? Wherever possible we will issue a credit for your payment. You can transfer that credit to any of our programs or transfer the money to someone else at your school.
• When can’t a credit be provided? A credit cannot be provided if you have activated the DISC Profile code issued to you, a Resource Pack has already been sent to you or it is within one week prior to the module date (because by then we will have sent the Resource Pack to you).