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Finding the Middle Ground: Rediscovering Our Shared Responsibility In a world marked by polarisation and fragmentation, how do we rediscover the space between us — the middle ground where shared purpose and collective action can flourish? In the fourth episode of The Future of Leadership Development, host Dr Toby Newstead is joined by Jack Manning […]

By Sarah Jenkins, Menzies Leadership Foundation The greatest act of leadership today is not to resolve every tension, but to hold it — with steadiness, humility, and imagination — until something better becomes possible.  Leadership in 2025 is defined not by clarity of answers but by the courage to navigate competing truths. Across institutions, communities

The Challenge For many principals, leading in today’s environment feels like carrying a mountain on their shoulders. Issues like disengaged students, teacher burnout, or cultural divisions don’t come with clear answers. Yet too often, these burdens fall disproportionately on school leaders, leaving them feeling isolated. At Warakirri College, a senior leader reflected that while their

Leading Through the Unknown: Thriving in the Age of Complexity How do you lead when the path ahead no longer exists? In an era where institutions, ecosystems, and communities are all reshaping themselves in real time, leadership has become less about direction and more about navigation. In the third episode of The Future of Leadership

By Sarah Jenkins, Menzies Leadership Foundation The new equation of leadership is simple: clarity plus energy equals collective resilience. In 2025, human sustainability is not a luxury — it is the foundation of the future. Everywhere you look in 2025, exhaustion is visible. Employees are overwhelmed by relentless demands. Communities are worn down by climate

From Service to Systems: Reclaiming Leadership as a Shared Responsibility What does leadership look like when no one person holds the map? When challenges stretch across institutions, communities, and generations, the notion of a single heroic leader begins to fracture. In the second episode of The Future of Leadership Development, host Dr Toby Newstead is

As Seen: Australian Rural Leadership  October 16, 2025 Australian Rural Leadership Foundation, Australian Rural Leadership Impact, Leadership Development Summit What does leadership development look like when tensions related to ideology, evidence epistemology and values collide? That’s the central question for this year’s Leadership Development Summit, to be held in Canberra from 8 – 10 December 2025. The three-day

How do we find the courage to challenge tradition — and reimagine leadership for a world defined by complexity, interconnection, and constant change? Leadership, as many of us learned it, was built for another era — an age of certainty, linear progress, and hierarchical control. It was a model that centred the heroic individual: the

School leaders today are navigating an environment more complex than ever before. In classrooms and communities across Australia, the challenges are mounting: Rising student disengagement and absenteeism. Deepening inequities in access to resources and outcomes. Growing pressure on teachers, with recruitment and retention crises. The demands of digital transformation and AI reshaping learning. The broader

Episode 8, A Purposeful Edge: Leading in Uncertainty “If we want to shape the future, we need to be willing to lose a little skin in the game.” In the final episode of A Purposeful Edge: Leading in Uncertainty, Dr Peter Collins is joined by Rob Scott, CEO of Wesfarmers and former Olympian, to explore