Great Student Leadership

7 Principles for Developing the Next Generation of Leaders

Identifying prospective student leaders is a tricky task for teachers.

It’s a mistake to focus on helpfulness in students in the hope that it will automatically transfer to leadership.

While helpfulness, kindness, empathy and other pro-social qualities may make for wonderful citizens, on their own they don’t make for great leadership.

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Michael Grose


Author, columnist and presenter Michael Grose currently supports over 1,100 schools in Australia, New Zealand and England in engaging and supporting their parent communities. He is also the director of Parentingideas, Australia’s leader in parenting education resources and support for schools. In 2010 Michael spoke at the prestigious Headmaster’s Conference in England, the British International Schools Conference in Madrid, and the Heads of Independent Schools Conference in Australia, showing school leadership teams how to move beyond partnership-building to create real parent-school communities. For bookings, parenting resources for schools and Michael’s famous Free Chores & Responsibilities Guide for Kids, go to www. parentingideas.com.au.