Y7. Think long, act daily
Balance long term vision with daily action. Small steps build big outcomes.
Resources to support growth in this behaviour
Whether this behaviour has been chosen through Step 1. Diagnose, highlighted through reflection or coaching, or identified as a school or trust priority, you can now follow the steps below to develop and embed it in your daily leadership practice.
Step 2. Learn: Read Everyone Succeeds: 54 Leadership Behaviours to Transform Your School to understand what great leadership looks like in practice. Each behaviour is grounded in research and real examples from schools and businesses.
Step 3. Reflect: Use the Everyone Succeeds Workbook to apply ideas to your own context.
Guided reflection, practical actions, and space for planning turn understanding into improvement.
Step 4. Apply: Work through the Leadership Toolkit for this behaviour. Use the Think Long, Act Daily toolkit to connect your long-term vision to daily habits that build momentum.
Step 5. Coach and practice: Use the Think long, act daily Coach and Practise Frameworks to strengthen the behaviour through reflection on trajectory and habit, rehearsing the linking of small actions to long-term goals.
These can be used individually or with colleagues to embed key behaviours.
Step 6. Plan: Set measurable goals using the 90 Day Leadership Planner.
Turn improvement into action by tracking your focus and progress over time, with completed examples for different career stages.
Step 7. Lead: Apply your learning to real situations through the Scenario Finder.
Over fifty scenarios link directly to the behaviours that help you solve the challenges that matter most in your school.
One book suggestion
The 12 Week Year – Brian Moran & Michael Lennington (2013).
This book supports the behaviour by demonstrating how long-term goals can be translated into disciplined daily action. Buy the book.