ABOUT UNLEASH LEARNING
Professional development that stays with you
Reduce collective stress and create impact that endures.
Here’s the deal
Short-term professional development has its place. But in the era of overwhelm, it often isn’t enough.
So what helps learning stick when priorities compete and pressure is high?
Improving teaching skills for your team
We’re living in an unpredictable world.
Programs change and teams evolve. Priorities shift – and pressure on leaders grows.
What doesn’t change is the need for learning to stick and translate into meaningful behavioural change.
Whether you’re working in organisations or classrooms, teams still need outcomes despite disruption.
“It’s not one more initiative — it brings many things together into a structure that makes sense.”
— Jacqueline Thousand, educational leader and researcher
That’s where we come in
Unleash Learning helps your team lead learning – even in the era of overwhelm.
We don’t rely on one off sessions or a box of training tricks. We help leaders embed a shared system for learning – a system that can be used consistently across any context.
The result is less collective stress and more collective impact — because learning is embedded into how people work, not added on top of it.
“Having the Unleash Learning System™ in place has helped reduce my stress and anxiety.”
— Karen Martin, Copperfield College
Unleash Learning:
“It will revolutionise how your team operates – forever.“
— Melissa Woodhouse, Head of Childcare UTSCC
A system-wide approach based on deep-seated values
In the era of overwhelm, values aren’t a ‘nice to have’.
They are what help teams stay oriented when pressure rises and priorities compete.
By grounding your system in values, learning doesn’t just create outcomes – it ignites impact.
Impact that endures
Long lasting change doesn’t happen overnight. This is about building a powerful team that’s in it for the long haul, deeply embedding an approach to learning across your whole organisation. Learning that sticks for good.
Innovation over compliance
If you train a trainer, you create compliance. But if you embed a system, you empower your people. Our approach helps teams become flexible, creative and resilient in the face of change. This approach helps your team ensure learning sticks, for years to come.
Building community
We are not “training” individuals. We’re creating communities of change. It’s about bringing people together to learn together. The culture seeps into your staff circle and soaks into your system – creating a powerful force for learning success. The result is collective momentum that lasts.
Equity and inclusion
When we say we make learning stick for everyone, we mean EVERYONE. That’s why equity and inclusion are woven into everything we do. We help our clients create learning cultures that affirm diversity and support inclusion, everywhere.
Mindful communication
Words are powerful. How we communicate is just as important as what we have to say. That’s why we teach and model a style of communication that is mindful of others. It’s about ensuring our words build bridges of understanding – creating connection to make learning stick.
Committing to our values
We always stick to our values. By having processes that revisit and reconnect us to what we believe in, we know our values—and why they matter.
Thought leadership on call
Dr William DeJean brings more than 25 years of experience in teaching, research and leadership to organisations looking to make learning truly stick.
As the founder of Unleash Learning, William has worked with educators, leaders and teams around the world to rethink how knowledge is shared, understood and applied.
Unleashing learning (that makes a real difference)
If we lead people, we lead learning — whether we intend to or not.
Unleash Learning strengthens leadership capability through learning that sticks — not through hype or one-offs, but a system that endures.
This teaching and learning system is for your team if you:
- Are open to thoughtful, innovative approaches
- Believe that learning can positively change people’s lives
- Care about excellence in leading, teaching and learning
- Have content you believe in, but struggle to make it stick without adding pressure.
Since 2011, our system has driven success for teams big and small. This includes:
- Schools
- Government departments
- Professional development teams
- Registered Training Organisations (RTOs).
Find out how to make learning stick:
Let’s get nerdy
Leaning into the research
We’ve come a long way from the days of chalkboards and overhead projectors. People have dedicated their lives to understanding how humans learn — and we benefit from that research every day.
The evidence is clear. Good education doesn’t happen by accident. Learning sticks when engagement is intentional and thoughtfully designed.
Putting it to work
In busy, complex environments, research helps us prioritise what matters most. There are specific, repeatable actions teams can take to support learning that lasts – even in the midst of overwhelm.
The learning actions in this program are informed by leading research in:
- Neuroscience
- Education and Literacy
- The psychology of learning
- Inter-cultural education
- Child and adolescent development
Look who learns with us
What kinds of teams are choosing an embedded approach to learning right now?
These teams chose a system — not a one-off.
“It makes learning stick for everyone!”
— Kate Wilkie – Co-Founder, Positive Leadership
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