Brad Gaynor

I am an Assistant Director specialising in school improvement, leadership development, and leader wellbeing, supporting principals to navigate the complexity and demands of modern school environments.

Across more than 20 years as a Primary School Principal, I experienced firsthand the cognitive load, emotional labour, and impossible expectations that can push good leaders toward burnout. That lived experience - and the work of rebuilding from it - now shapes everything I do.

My approach blends formal training in positive psychology and the neuroscience of leadership with practical, evidence aligned frameworks that support leaders to think clearly, make better decisions under pressure, and sustain their wellbeing over time.

My book, From Burnout to Breakthrough: The Leadership Reset, introduces the RESET Framework - a practical roadmap for leaders moving from exhaustion to sustainable impact. My second book, Not One More Teacher Lost, will be released in 2026.

Through coaching, leadership development, speaking, and school improvement partnerships, my focus is simple: healthy leaders create healthy schools - and when leaders thrive, students do too.