Steve Francis is an expert in the complexities of school leadership. As well as having been the Principal of a number of Queensland schools from a one-teacher school through to a large metropolitan school, he was Principal of an international school in Hong Kong. He understands the challenges and demands of being a school leader. To support busy school leadership teams to get clear and aligned, Steve developed School Leadership Sprints.

Steve completed his Masters in School Leadership focusing on stress in schools. This led him to develop the Happy School program. Almost 700 schools subscribe to receive Steve’s weekly articles and use them to improve staff well-being. This year he launched his Early Career Teacher Well-being program.

For the past five years Steve has been recognised by Educator magazine as one of the top 50 most influential educators in Australia.

Steve works with leading educators across Australia and New Zealand to help them reach their potential and optimise their schools.

Steve is passionate about keeping things simple and helping leaders get work – life satisfaction.