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CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE PROGRAM

Build a culture where people move together with clarity, purpose, and confidence.

A strategic partnership that strengthens alignment, deepens trust, and creates a shared rhythm for sustainable improvement.

Speaking

From Barriers to Breakthroughs

Lee Crockett delivers keynotes and workshops that help education leaders turn research into real-world impact — building cultures of clarity, trust, and wellbeing.

WHY THIS PROGRAM MATTERS

Leaders create the conditions. Culture does the rest.

Schools thrive when the work feels coherent, relationships are strong, and everyone understands where they’re heading and why. Yet in the pace and pressure of school life, even the most committed teams can lose that shared sense of clarity and rhythm.

Leaders need a way of working that brings people together — a structure that creates alignment, strengthens trust, and supports the daily experience of teaching and learning. The Culture of Excellence Program provides that structure: a calm, practical, human approach that helps teams move with purpose and confidence toward the outcomes that matter most.

who's this for

This program is for school leaders who want alignment, clarity, and sustainable improvement.

THE EXCELLENCE JOURNEY

A five-chapter pathway for building lasting cultural impact.

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Start With Trust. Rebuild alignment, surface misalignment safely, and establish the shared purpose that anchors all future work.

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Regain Your Grip. Bring clarity to leadership rhythms, expectations, and decision-making so teams can move with coherence and confidence.

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Shift the Momentum. Use short, focused cycles to turn improvement from an event into a habit—visible, achievable, and energising.

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Change the Experience. Strengthen what happens in classrooms: shared pedagogical language, consistent routines, and more authentic learning.

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Grow What You’ve Built. Extend cultural capability, lift influence across the school, and embed the systems that sustain excellence over time.

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Watch the Overview.
PROGRAM TESTIMONIALS

What real leaders are saying.

  • ”I’d recommend Lee because he is an expert in this space, and he is knowledgeable and incredibly skilful at articulating his message. Lee’s work is evidence-based, and this strengthens his messaging with stakeholders.”
    Mark Battistella
    Schools Performance Leader, Catholic Education South Australia
  • "This program has completely transformed my leadership. I’ve shifted from constant crisis management to leading with clarity, calm, and purpose. The impact has been genuinely life-changing."
    Moira Smith
    Principal, O’Sullivan Beach Children’s Centre
  • “Lee’s thought-provoking questions challenged us to examine our habits, values, and boundaries—making the session not only insightful but transformative.”
    Andrew Balkwill
    Principal, Mercedes College
PROVEN IMPACT

Real schools. Real partnership. Real results.

Mackellar Primary School

Good Practice Becomes Deep Agency

A whole-school shift from isolated innovation to a shared culture of agency, clarity, and purposeful learning. → Read More

Evelyn Scott School

Joyful Curiosity and Lifelong Learning

The Culture of Excellence Framework gives staff and students at Evelyn Scott an empowering teaching and learning framework. → Read More

Caulfeild iDEC

Making Responsibility a Shared Practice

A simple question becomes a powerful catalyst for ethical reflection, curiosity, and meaningful community action. → Read More

Father Michael McGivney Catholic Academy

Reimagining Student Ownership and Inquiry

Transforming the study of narrative empathy into a powerful inquiry and critical thinking experience → Read More

Let's Begin the Conversation

If you’d like to explore what a Culture of Excellence partnership could look like in your school or system, I’d be glad to talk it through.