Making Connections Day Term 4 Thursday 29th October 2026
| 2026 Kaupapa – Building Resilient Leadership.
Join fellow Waikato principals for a day of professional connection, insight, and practical learning. Engage with experienced leaders and explore strategies to support effective leadership in today’s complex environment. |
Featured Speaker: Craig Harrison
Designing Environments That Grow Resilience and Wellbeing
Rather than viewing resilience and wellbeing as qualities that need to be explicitly taught, Craig invites school leaders to explore a different question:
| What kind of environments naturally develop resilient, capable and thriving people? |
Drawing on ideas from his new book, Coach by Design, Craig challenges the common tendency to focus on changing individuals. Instead, he demonstrates how the environments we intentionally create shape behaviour, relationships, culture and outcomes every day.
Through engaging stories, practical frameworks and collaborative activities, participants will examine how leadership behaviours and environmental design work together to influence resilience and wellbeing across their entire school community.
