Strong Leaders for Stronger Teams

The Bigger Picture

There's a question sitting underneath much of the work in education and care that rarely gets asked directly: what kind of leadership actually supports the wellbeing of educators? In a sector navigating a workforce crisis, a wellbeing crisis and a leadership gap at once, often with leaders promoted from the floor and given little leadership training, it matters enormously. In this keynote, Sandi draws on leadership research, transformational and transactional leadership, and pairs it with the wellbeing science of Self-Determination Theory and PERMA, then brings it home through the Phoenix Cups® framework. The result is a practical, evidence-informed way to understand a team as a set of individuals with different needs and strengths, and to know when to inspire and when to anchor. Because the sector deserves better than leadership by accident. And leaders deserve better than being handed a team and left to work it out under pressure.