Lee Crockett

Global educator and author of Future-Focused Learning, Mindful Assessment, and Agents to Agency, used in schools worldwide.
Founder of the Culture of Excellence and Professional Wellness Programs, supporting leadership and wellbeing across schools and systems.
Partner to governments, schools, and organisations in more than 20 countries, including Australia, Japan, and the UAE.
Recognised by leading researchers, including John Hattie and Anthony Muhammad, for contributions to leadership and learning innovation.
Speaker and mentor on intentional leadership, adaptive culture, and sustainable excellence.
Based in Kamakura, Japan, drawing on Zen practice to guide clarity, balance, and purposeful leadership.

For over two decades, I’ve worked with governments, schools, and systems in more than twenty countries. Everywhere I went, I met capable, caring leaders — working harder than ever, yet feeling more reactive, fragmented, and exhausted.

So I began asking a different question: not “How can we do more?” but “How can we do what matters most — with intention and impact?”

That question changed everything. Today, I help schools and systems redesign leadership culture — transforming it from exhausting to energising, from reactive to intentional.

Because leadership shouldn’t cost your wellbeing — it should strengthen it.

Through the Culture of Excellence, Intentional Leadership, and Professional Wellness programs, I help leaders and systems embed clarity, trust, and sustainable practices that restore balance and momentum.

Grounded in research and proven in practice, these frameworks blend evidence, tools, and reflection to keep leaders focused and human.

My books, including Future-Focused Learning, Mindful Assessment, and Agents to Agency, are used in schools and universities worldwide and endorsed by leading researchers such as John Hattie and Anthony Muhammad.

Together, these programs and publications form the Excellence Network — a global community of leaders building cultures of purpose, wellbeing, and collective growth.

Every framework, tool, and conversation is designed to keep leaders clear, connected, and human — where strategy and wellbeing work together, not against each other.

Excellence isn’t about doing everything right — it’s about doing the right things, intentionally. In my work, I challenge three myths that quietly hold leaders back:

- The Myth of Addition — that excellence means doing more.
  In truth, excellence is about refinement: the discipline of less, done better.
- The Myth of Attainment — that excellence is a standard to reach.
  In truth, excellence is dynamic — our potential realised in the moment, expanding as we grow.
- The Myth of Delay — that excellence takes too long.
  In truth, excellence isn’t a future destination; it’s a present discipline.

Rooted in Zen practice and systems thinking, this approach balances awareness, simplicity, and purposeful action.

Excellence isn’t a finish line — it’s a daily discipline of awareness, intention, and purposeful action.

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Lee Crockett helps education leaders build cultures of clarity, trust, and sustainable excellence through intentional leadership and professional wellness.

Micro Bio

Lee Crockett transforms research and reflection into action, helping schools and systems worldwide lead with clarity, purpose, and wellbeing. Through his Culture of Excellence and Professional Wellness programs, he equips leaders to create meaningful change that endures beyond the workshop.

Short Bio

Lee Crockett is a global thought leader and author whose work bridges research, reflection, and real-world leadership. Through partnerships with governments, schools, and organisations in more than 20 countries, he helps leaders cultivate trust, coherence, and wellbeing across their systems.

His acclaimed programs—Culture of Excellence and Professional Wellness—redefine how leaders sustain performance and purpose. Drawing on Zen practice and systems thinking, Lee teaches that excellence is not about doing more, but about doing what matters with clarity and intention.

Full Bio

Lee Crockett is a global thought leader, author, and mentor dedicated to redefining what it means to lead with clarity, purpose, and well-being.

He works with governments, schools, and organisations around the world to help leaders and teams build sustainable cultures of excellence in which focus replaces chaos, trust replaces compliance, and well-being fuels performance. As the founder of the Culture of Excellence and Professional Wellness Programs, Lee’s frameworks are grounded in research and proven in practice. His approach blends evidence-informed strategy with reflection and human connection—equipping leaders to stay clear, connected, and intentional in their daily work.

Respected by leading researchers such as John Hattie and Anthony Muhammad for his contribution to leadership innovation, Lee’s books, including Culture of Excellence, Future-Focused Learning, Mindful Assessment, and Agents to Agency, are used in schools and universities across the globe. His work is recognised for translating complex ideas into practical, actionable steps that leaders can implement immediately.

Based in Kamakura, Japan, Lee draws from Zen philosophy and the discipline of daily practice to guide his approach to leadership. He often reminds those he works with: “There is no such thing as best practice, only evolving practice. So excellence isn’t a finish line—it’s a daily discipline of awareness, intention, and purposeful action.”

Through this lens, Lee continues to support leaders in transforming not only their systems, but themselves—helping them rediscover clarity, confidence, and the joy of leading well.

I live in Kamakura, Japan — where the rhythm of the ocean meets the quiet of Zen temples. Ordained at Kenchō-ji, Japan’s oldest Zen monastery, I draw from that spirit of daily practice in everything I teach.

It’s a modern form of shugyō (修行) — the lifelong discipline of awareness, intention, and purposeful action.

See clearly. Choose consciously. Act purposefully. Reflect deeply.

This is more than philosophy; it’s the practice that keeps leadership human.
It’s what guides my life and my work — helping others do the same: to lead with calm, clarity, and courage in a world of noise.

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