Free interactive simulation · For middle leaders
The Leadership Decision Simulator
You are Daniel, newly promoted to lead your department. Sarah, a capable teacher in your team, has been late to lessons and has missed deadlines, and colleagues are starting to notice. Four decisions. One conversation that cannot wait.
About 8 minutes · Best with sound on · Nothing you choose is stored
The framework you will practise
CLEAR conversations
Clarify
the concern, with observable facts
Listen
to the explanation, without assumptions
Explain
the impact on students and colleagues
Agree
actions, and the support that will help
Review
progress, on a date you both know
- 1Notice
- 2Prepare
- 3Open
- 4Close
Simulation complete
Your leadership profile
How you led
Leadership Challenger
Your certificate
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Leadership Challenger
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has completed the Northbeam Leadership Decision Simulator, The Conversation That Could Not Wait, making four leadership decisions in a realistic school scenario and practising the CLEAR framework for fair, respectful and purposeful professional conversations.
Free for middle leaders
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A complete 13-page lesson, Preparing for a Difficult Conversation: a 40-minute agenda, the CLEAR framework with example lines, a phrase bank, role-play cards and a planner for a real conversation you have been putting off.
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The full course
Becoming a Middle Leader
The leadership training most new middle leaders never get. Lead a team of former peers, improve teaching beyond your classroom, handle difficult conversations fairly, and finish with a 90-day plan.
- 22 short lessons across 5 modules, at your own pace
- Templates for meetings, observations and difficult conversations
- A 15-hour certificate of completion
- Lifetime access, and a place in the Leaders’ Circle
$75
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For schools
Train your whole middle leadership team
School licences start at $750 for ten middle leaders, with one invoice, certificates of completion and a facilitator pack for this scenario.