Heather De Blasio is an author, a speaker, facilitator, mentor and coach with over 20 years of leadership experience at different levels and settings. She has spent a lifetime committed to growing others and refusing to put limits on what they might achieve.
An engaging speaker, Heather has delivered key-note presentations and workshops about leadership, team development and assessment at state, national and international conferences, including the Australian Council of Educational Leadership, Australian College of Educators, International Congress of School Effectiveness and Improvement, uLead and the International Conference on Thinking.
Heather is co-author of the bestselling book, Five Ways of Being (Danvers, De Blasio & Grift, 2020), Mastering Meetings That Matter (Grift, Sloper, De Blasio, in print) and a contributing author to the second edition of Assessment for Teaching (Griffin ed., 2017).
A highly sought-after professional learning leader, Heather is renowned for her unique ability to authentically develop the leadership capacity of others. She works with leaders, directors and leadership teams across sectors and regions in Australia and internationally. In addition to her executive leadership work, Heather also delivers selected programs with Grift Education, and currently serves in a part-time capacity as the Director of Leadership and Human Potential at Wilderness School in Adelaide, South Australia.