Jan robertson’s teaching and research focuses on professional learning. In particular, her work in leadership coaching and boundary breaking leadership development has highlighted the importance of self-awareness and knowledge of others in leadership. Developing deep learning relationships, throughout the education community, is at the heart of effective educational leadership. Jan believes it is her role as a leadership educator, to “... Challenge, provoke, affirm, present ideas, and seek commitment to thinking about change and innovation in places of learning, for meeting the needs of tomorrow’s leaders. ”

Jan’s work includes action learning in the business sector, and action research

For education development, and understanding change in personal, professional and organizational development. Jan brings more than 30 years experience to her work internationally. Previous positions include school principal; chairperson professional studies department, director educational leadership centre and associate professor at the university of waikato; and more recently the director of the london centre for leadership in learning at the institute of education, where she is currently a visiting fellow. Jan was a fulbright scholar in 1992, travelling throughout the usa studying leadership development in the education and business sectors. She is committed to innovation in education and harnessing the potential of information communication technology to personalize learning and transform learning spaces. Jan’s work in countries such as new zealand, canada, australia, chile, lithuania, malaysia, thailand, singapore, and england, has continued to inform her work. Her bestselling book is coaching educational leadership: building leadership capacity through partnership. Jan is a highly sought after workshop and change facilitator, coach and keynote presenter, internationally.