Brad Gaynor

An Australian educational leader, author, and leadership coach

Brad Gaynor is an Australian educational leader, author, and leadership coach with more than 35 years of experience, including 25 years in principalship and senior national leadership roles. He currently works with principals and leadership teams across a large network of schools, strengthening leadership capability and system-wide improvement. Brad is the author of From Burnout to Breakthrough: The Leadership Reset (Routledge, 2026), a practical, research-informed guide to sustainable leadership, and Not One More Teacher Lost (2026). His work challenges the culture of self‑sacrificing leadership and positions wellbeing as a core professional competency essential for long-term impact.

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Teacher’s Bookshelf: Leadership burnout – one principal’s personal experience

Mar 23,2026

In his new book, From Burnout to Breakthrough: The Leadership Reset, educational leader and author Brad Gaynor explores the growing pressures on school leaders and the toll these demands can take on wellbeing. In this extract for Teacher readers, Gaynor draws on his own lived experience of burnout to unpack the warning signs and share why naming it gave him the first foothold toward recovery.

labour turnover, school leaders, school culture, expertise, wellbeing, leadership, short articles

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