Book of the Month for June 2026
Leadership isn’t about authority – it’s about influence.
In Influence, Dr Judi Newman reveals how understanding the brain through a neuroscience lens can transform your ability to inspire, unite and deliver results. Drawing from her PhD research shadowing high-performing school principals, Newman demonstrates that without neuroplastic changes in the brain over time, there is limited learning and behaviour change. This groundbreaking book explores 12 essential Leadership Attributes and practical influence strategies you can implement immediately.
Book of the Month
Previous Reads
September 2026
Leading Adult Learning: Building Capacity in Individuals, Teams, and Systems
by - Eleanor Drago-Severson
In our highly complex, ever-shifting world, building human capacity remains one of the most powerful responsibilities―and transformative opportunities―of educational leaders. Grounded in more than thirty years of research and the understanding that adults make sense of their work and experiences in diverse ways, this new, fully revised and expanded edition of Leading Adult Learning helps...
August 2026
Meeting Wise: Making the Most of Collaborative Time for Educators
by - Kathryn Parker Boudett, Elizabeth A. City
This book, by two editors of Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning, attempts to bring about a fundamental shift in how educators think about the meetings we attend.
July 2026
Never Underestimate Your Teachers: Instructional Leadership for Excellence in Every Classroom
by - Robyn R. Jackson
In this book for school leaders, Jackson presents a new model for understanding teaching as a combination of skill and will and explains the best ways to support individual teachers' ongoing professional development.



