2026.46 Book review: Teach Lead or Leave
Inspired by Jenny Cole’s Teach, Lead or Leave, this episode reflects on the choices educators face when their work no longer aligns with their values.
It explores identity, purpose, courage, and the difficult decision to stay, change direction, or leave- not as failure, but as a deliberate step ...
S4E5 - An Introduction to the Career Decision-Making Matrix: A Teach, Lead or Leave Episode
In this episode of Positively Leading, host Jenny Cole introduces the Career Decision-Making Matrix from her book Teach, Lead or Leave - a simple but powerful framework built around two key factors: your energy and your impact.
Jenny walks through the four quadrants educators can find themselves...
S4E6 - Why Two Teachers Can Do the Same Job (and One Burns Out): A Teach, Lead or Leave Episode
Ever wonder why two teachers can do the exact same job, yet one thrives while the other burns out? In this episode of Positively Leading, host Jenny Cole unpacks the crucial difference between a skill and a strength.
Drawing on positive psychology research from Gallup, the VIA Institute, and mor...
S4E7 - Values: The Roots That Hold You Steady. A Teach, Lead or Leave Episode
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Why do some days leave you buzzing while others leave you flat? In this episode of Positively Leading, Jenny Cole explores the second of the three energy sources from the career decision-making matrix in Teach, Lead or Leave: yo...
Stop Going to Curriculum Courses and Start Leading Your People with Jenny Cole
Across Australia, the perception that leaders build trust sits at just 58%, and the staff carrying the most did not ask for less work. They asked for better communication, better people management and leaders who hold the line on below-the-line behaviour. When we look beneath the surface of workp...
S4E8 - The Energy Source Most People Underestimate
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In this episode, Jenny Cole completes the trio of energy sources from her career decision-making matrix with the one most people underestimate: working style. Using the DISC framework, she unpacks the four styles, what energises...
