Written by Alison Joy Newby; January 2019; Research funded by Old Mutual and conducted under the auspices of the SEED Educational Trust.
In the last 20 years informal adult learning (IAL) applications such as coaching and mentoring have become popular interventions in leadership development practices in South African businesses and abroad. By 2003-2008 these applications had rippled through leadership development interventions in education via various programme or course designs. One such intervention is the leadership development initiative of the SEED Educational Trust which, has sought to contribute to improving school performance outcomes as well as overall health and resilience through its school leadership programme (SLP) and related programmes.