C5. Celebrate Successes – Coach and Practice
This behaviour develops a leader’s ability to notice, recognise, and amplify what is going well.
Behaviour focus
Encouraging leaders to make celebration habitual and authentic so that positive behaviours and achievements multiply.
Purpose
To strengthen morale, reinforce values, and embed a culture where success is expected and noticed.
| Action Steps | Key Questions | Practice |
| Make celebration intentional. | What types of success matter most to highlight? | Ask the leader to identify three forms of success (academic, behavioural, relational) and plan how each will be celebrated. |
| Personalise recognition. | How do individuals prefer to be recognised? | Practise a short thank you conversation using a colleague’s preferred style of recognition. |
| Connect celebration to values. | How does this recognition reinforce what we stand for? | Practise linking an achievement explicitly to a value, e.g. “This shows real integrity because…” |
| Build celebration into routines. | Where in your calendar can celebrations become predictable? | Ask the leader to create a termly celebration rhythm (e.g. weekly shout-outs, end-of-term assemblies) and plan how to sustain it. |