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Education Leadership Coaching


Academic Leaders Are Now Sensemakers
In my work with academic leaders, I often notice that the pressure is not only about workload. It is about interpretation. A policy changes. AI shifts what students can do. Staff raise questions about quality, fairness, workload, ethics, and trust. People want clarity, but the situation itself is still moving. That is now a central part of academic leadership. EDUCAUSE’s 2026 report on AI and higher education found that 94% of respondents had used AI tools for work within the

Fred Lemke
Jul 102 min read


Leadership development is not just selection. It is stewardship.
A recent global conversation about the future of work has reinforced something many leaders, educators, and employers can already feel in practice: technical skills matter, but they are not enough. As work continues to shift, the human capabilities that help people stay grounded, adaptable, relational, and effective under pressure are becoming even more valuable. That should not only shape hiring or training decisions. It should also reshape how we think about leadership deve

Kerstin Lemke
Apr 193 min read


Education leadership coaching for sustainable school leadership: a 60-day reset
Many principals aren’t burning out because they’re “not resilient enough”.
They’re burning out because the leadership load is designed to leak into everything: repeated decisions, constant escalation, unresolved conflict, and no cadence that holds under term pressure.
I’ve written a practical 60‑day reset for principals and SLTs:
Clarity. Agreements. Load. Momentum.
No glossy initiative. Just a term-friendly way to reduce friction and protect wellbeing while keeping standa

Kerstin Lemke
Mar 85 min read
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