Creating Sustainable Change

LeapEd’s flagship is the Trust Schools Programme (TSP), a whole-school transformation initiative that involves working with School Leaders, Middle Leaders, teachers, students, parents, and the wider community. TSP has been in operation since 2010.  During this time, we have learnt that the key to lasting and sustainable change, is our work with schools’ Middle Leaders.  Middle Leaders are the doers. …

Key Skills for Your Future

The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs 2020 Report is a 163-page document using statistical trends and large-scale research with the aim of capturing where we are now and where we will likely be in 2025.  You can find the full report here. We have summarized 6 key insights from the document that are relevant for the Malaysian context. Insight …

Stay Connected to Your Team

Too Long, Didn’t Read Summary: Invest in relationships – build trust. Take the Trust Quotient Test Connect people to a bigger purpose – give your teams meaning. Watch an example video here. Empathise, listen, & reassure – listen carefully for your team’s self-limiting beliefs. Take the self-limiting belief’s test at the bottom of the page. With the recent extension to …

The most important investment you should make right now – is in Yourself

Ben Brooks, founder, and CEO of a software-based employee-coaching product called PILOT, believes that this pandemic is prompting both employers and employees to recognise the need for and value of coaching. He uses the analogy of a beehive and explains that employees are the bees and the hive is their organisation—coaches are tasked with helping the bees to figure out their …

#TeachMeetMalaysia (3) – 17 September 2020

Creating a Platform for Educators to Share and Learn Bringing together passionate educators from different backgrounds, the third series of #TeachMeetMalaysia saw six inspirational teachers share their respective experiences within and beyond the classroom. The ideas are practical and ready to be used by interested educators across the country – as schools find their new normal. We are proud to …

When teaching no longer sparks joy…

Being a teacher is one of, if not the most, noble profession in the world. The responsibility of educating and nurturing young minds, by which the fate of the future world will depend upon, is second to none. The fact that you are defining how your students view and understand the world and its content means that you are the …

LeapEd in this Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has rendered many of us helpless in fighting against an invisible enemy. Though it was a difficult time for all of us, we persevered in this adversity and have come out stronger than ever. Though we are living in unprecedented times with the COVID-19 pandemic, we recently celebrated our 10th birthday, marking a tremendous milestone for us …

#TeachMeetMalaysia (2) – 23 July 2020

Creating a Platform for Educators to Share and Learn Following the success of our first online #TeachMeetMalaysia session, we were delighted to organise the second #TeachMeetMalaysia session, and for the first time, it was entirely in Bahasa Melayu. Garnering more than 1.8k views on our Facebook via live streaming, teachers from the Trust Schools network and beyond, shared practical strategies …

2020 – A year of CELEBRATION!

This year is doubly special as we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of LeapEd as a social enterprise focused on education transformation in Malaysia. And we are also celebrating the 10th year journey of our flagship programme, the Trust Schools Programme (TSP). As we reach this milestone, we are proud to share with the world our special publication – Malaysian …

Are you a manager or a leader?

What is the difference between a manager and a leader? Is there even a difference? Yes, there is! It doesn’t matter if you are running a business, managing a team, or teaching a class, leadership skills are important. Some people seem to be born knowing what to do to inspire and lead people, and some don’t … but here’s the good news …