Professional coaching expert urges school leaders to step up

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Stacey Ashley wants every school leader to have the nerve, skills and impetus to ‘create the future, rather than just waiting for it to happen’. She believes this kind of go-getter mindset, when combined with the right skills, can be honed via coaching. A speaker, author and leadership coach, here she busts some myths about coaching and explains why all leaders have a responsibility to upskill those staff on the upward move.