Well-Led Schools
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<p>As the rates of professional stress and burnout increase for school leaders, teachers and staff, the solution lies in how we lead our schools and prioritise workplace wellbeing to become "Well-Led" Schools - those that lead with “wellbeing in mind.”</p> <p>Join experienced Wellbeing Consultant, Strategist, Speaker and School Leader Adrienne Hornby for a host of inspiring conversations with experts and forward thinkers. Covering all things teacher wellbeing, school leadership and culture building - you'll walk away with ideas and recommendations on ways to evolve your leadership, create a mentally healthy workplace and ultimately influence the lives and learning of our students.</p>
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Recent Episodes
June 16, 2026
Why Your Psychosocial Risk Assessment Isn’t Stopping Staff Burnout
<p>Most school leaders understand that psychosocial safety is a legal obligation. Very few have figured out how to make it feel like anything more than a compliance activity. </p><p></p><p>In this solo episode, I unpack the gap between obligation and opportunity, and what it actually takes to move psychosocial safety from a four-step process on a page to something genuinely woven into how a school leads, communicates and operates.</p><p></p><p>Drawing on data from almost 80 schools and thousands of staff, I walk through common psychosocial hazards in Australian schools, why they are connected rather than isolated, and why the four-step risk management process, while important, is actually the easiest part of the whole process.</p><p></p><p>The real work is not in the paperwork. It’s the leadership commitment and authentic ongoing consultation that determine whether any of it sticks.</p><p></p><p><b>What I cover in this episode:</b></p><ul><li>What is missing from the four-step risk assessment process in many schools</li><li>The national data: the most common psychosocial hazards in Australian schools and why they compound each other</li><li>Why good communication underpins the entire process, and how to ensure your messaging lands</li><li>How to embed wellbeing into your school’s way of doing and not let it be an initiative layered on top of others</li><li>Leadership commitment as the foundation: why it falters, what it actually requires, and the personal and professional skills that make it land</li><li>Why the hardest feedback can be the most important data you will ever receive</li><li>What the Safe Work Australia Code of Practice actually requires of school leaders, and why most schools are not quite there yet</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Resources and links mentioned:</b></p><ul><li><b>Article:</b> The Wellbeing Weave: The Three Phases of Addressing Staff Wellbeing in Well-Led Schools <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://adriennehornby.com.au/the-wellbeing-weave-the-three-phases-of-addressing-staff-wellbeing-in-well-led-schools/" target="_blank">adriennehornby.com.au/the-wellbeing-weave-the-three-phases-of-addressing-staff-wellbeing-in-well-led-schools/</a> </li><li><b>Article: </b>Embedding a Sustainable Wellbeing Ecosystem: The Key to Psychosocial Safety and Staff Wellbeing </li><li><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://adriennehornby.com.au/designing-a-sustainable-wellbeing-ecosystem-the-key-to-psychosocial-safety/" target="_blank">adriennehornby.com.au/designing-a-sustainable-wellbeing-ecosystem-the-key-to-psychosocial-safety/</a> </li><li>Podcast: Creating a School Culture Where Staff Feel Seen, Heard and Valued with Daniela Falecki <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://adriennehornby.com.au/creating-a-school-culture-where-staff-feel-seen-heard-and-valued-with-daniela-falecki-season-3-episode-10/" target="_blank">https://adriennehornby.com.au/creating-a-school-culture-where-staff-feel-seen-heard-and-valued-with-daniela-falecki-season-3-episode-10/</a></li><li>Waverley Christian School Case Study: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/adrienne-hornby-a4126a205_most-school-wellbeing-initiatives-fail-or-ugcPost-7465421290833805312-QVL9/?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAADQvl1EBSRJtRkz0cewFH4TjXfHExS9B0F4" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/adrienne-hornby-a4126a205_most-school-wellbeing-initiatives-fail-or-ugcPost-7465421290833805312-QVL9/?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAADQvl1EBSRJtRkz0cewFH4TjXfHExS9B0F4</a></li></ul><p></p><p>If you enjoyed this episode, don’t forget to subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts.</p>
May 26, 2026
Leaders Don’t Need More Things to Do, They Need More Time to Think with Aimee Presnall
<p>What if the one thing that would make the biggest difference to your wellbeing, strategic clarity and positive school culture as a school leader isn’t another strategy or initiative, it’s simply more time to think?</p><p></p><p>In this episode of Well-Led Schools, I’m joined for the third time by Aimee Presnall - leadership coach, TEDx speaker and founder of Wellnest. After more than 16 years in education, Aimee built her career around one observation that kept repeating itself: brilliant school leaders burning out while the systems around them kept asking for more.</p><p></p><p>Aimee’s recent TEDx talk landed on something leaders feel in their bones but rarely hear said out loud:<b><i> that we’re treating the shadow, not the source; </i></b>that when leaders don’t have time to think, everything downstream suffers, their clarity, their team’s culture, and ultimately their students.</p><p></p><p>We go deep on what actually changes when leaders are given space to develop the human skills needed to lead people well, why one-off PD rarely shifts anything, and what it takes for schools to build a genuine coaching culture rather than a tick-box one.</p><p></p><p><b>In this episode:</b></p><ul><li>Why leaders don’t need more things to do, but rather need more time to think</li><li>Clarity vs certainty: what staff want vs what leaders can actually give</li><li>Why giving yourself dedicated time to think feels so difficult</li><li>How recognising your default, high-pressure habits creates the fastest leadership shift</li><li>What one-off PD misses in comparison to navigating the “messy middle” of long-term coaching</li><li>The three pathways into middle leadership (aspiring, accidental, anointed), and how they shape your mindset</li></ul><p></p><p><b>LINKS AND RESOURCES</b></p><p></p><p><b>Connect with Aimee Presnall via:</b></p><p>Wellnest: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://www.well-nest.com.au" target="_blank">www.well-nest.com.au</a> </p><p>TED Talk: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://youtu.be/qjGM4esebQU?si=5eyFpR_-0KbUngty" target="_blank">youtu.be/qjGM4esebQU?si=5eyFpR_-0KbUngty</a> </p><p>LinkedIn: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/aimee-parkinson/" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/aimee-parkinson/</a> </p><p></p><p><b>Connect with me via:</b></p><p><b>Website: </b><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://adriennehornby.com.au" target="_blank">adriennehornby.com.au</a></p><p><b>LinkedIn: </b><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/adrienne-hornby-a4126a205/" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/adrienne-hornby-a4126a205/</a></p><p><b>Email: </b><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:hello@adriennehornby.com.au" target="_blank">hello@adriennehornby.com.au</a></p><p><b>School Partnerships: </b><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://adriennehornby.com.au/school-partnerships/" target="_blank">adriennehornby.com.au/school-partnerships/</a> </p><p><br /></p>
May 6, 2026
From Programs to System: Building Whole-School Wellbeing That Works with Justin Robinson
<p>Most schools have wellbeing programs or initiatives. Very few have wellbeing embedded into the way they function and flourish. That is the difference between bolting something on and creating real, lasting change.</p><p></p><p>In this episode, I am joined by Justin Robinson, co-founder of the Wellbeing Distillery and formerly the founding director of the Institute of Positive Education at Geelong Grammar School. Justin has worked with hundreds of schools across Australia and internationally, and his approach is built on the idea that wellbeing has to be embedded across the whole school community, not delivered as a series of disconnected initiatives.</p><p></p><p>We unpack what it actually takes to move from add-on programs to embedded practice, and why so many schools get stuck in the cycle of doing more without seeing more results.</p><p></p><p><b>In this episode:</b></p><ul><li>Why a collection of programs is not the same as embedded wellbeing</li><li>The four partners every school needs to engage: leaders, staff, students and families</li><li>The most common mistake schools make when rolling wellbeing out across the whole community</li><li>How adopting the mindset that "wellbeing is a shared responsibility" changes the way you design your whole approach</li><li>Practical starting points for schools that want to shift from doing wellbeing to being a wellbeing-led school</li></ul><p></p><p><b>LINKS AND RESOURCES</b></p><ul><li>7 Habits of Wellbeing-Wise Families: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/18SmHYlVuY60XGq_g3b8bMYkUrmq5AdAE/view?usp=drive_link" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/18SmHYlVuY60XGq_g3b8bMYkUrmq5AdAE/view?usp=drive_link</a> </li><li>Wellbeing Compass Brochure: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L_GRARsSBWpkcTN3rrCaQJOS2qY-uZ8F/view?usp=drive_link" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L_GRARsSBWpkcTN3rrCaQJOS2qY-uZ8F/view?usp=drive_link</a> </li></ul><p></p><p><b>Connect with Justin:</b></p><ul><li>Website:<a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://thewellbeingdistillery.com" target="_blank"> thewellbeingdistillery.com</a></li><li>Email: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:justin@thewellbeingdistillery.com" target="_blank">justin@thewellbeingdistillery.com</a> </li><li>LinkedIn:<a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://linkedin.com/in/jrobinson-wellbeing" target="_blank"> linkedin.com/in/jrobinson-wellbeing</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b>Connect with Adrienne:</b></p><ul><li>Website:<a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://adriennehornby.com.au" target="_blank"> adriennehornby.com.au</a></li><li>LinkedIn:<a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrienne-hornby-a4126a205/" target="_blank"> </a><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://linkedin.com/in/adrienne-hornby-a4126a205" target="_blank">linkedin.com/in/adrienne-hornby-a4126a205</a></li><li>Email: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:hello@adriennehornby.com.au" target="_blank">hello@adriennehornby.com.au</a> </li><li>Staff Wellbeing Survey:<a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://adriennehornby.com.au/staff-survey/" target="_blank"> </a><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://adriennehornby.com.au/staff-survey" target="_blank">adriennehornby.com.au/staff-survey</a></li><li>Well-Led Schools Partnership Program:<a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://adriennehornby.com.au/school-partnerships/" target="_blank"> </a><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://adriennehornby.com.au/school-partnerships" target="_blank">adriennehornby.com.au/school-partnerships</a></li></ul>
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<p>As the rates of professional stress and burnout increase for school leaders, teachers and staff, the solution lies in how we lead our schools and prioritise workplace wellbeing to become "Well-Led" Schools - those that lead with “wellbeing in mind.”</p> <p>Join experienced Wellbeing Consultant, Strategist, Speaker and School Leader Adrienne Hornby for a host of inspiring conversations with experts and forward thinkers. Covering all things teacher wellbeing, school leadership and culture building - you'll walk away with ideas and recommendations on ways to evolve your leadership, create a mentally healthy workplace and ultimately influence the lives and learning of our students.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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