Making Stuff Better

Making Stuff Better is the world's leading provider of executive coaching and coach training to international school leaders. Working with over 250 colleagues around the globe we create regenerative spaces where you are able to pause, reflect and re-imagine the possibilities for your being, thinking and doing. We believe that educators are at the heart of our shared responsibility to shape a better future for our young people, our communities and our planet and we are driven to support education leaders in this mission. We provide coaching at scale across leading school groups such as Education in Motion, Nord Anglia Education and GEMs, but we also work closely with individual schools to embed coaching in their culture. *** Exclusive ISN offer! *** Making Stuff Better are offering all ISN members a free coaching chemistry call. To find out more 'get an introduction' below.

Customer testimonials

For me it was amazing. MSB have created a professional development institution that people can bring leadership challenges to and can be either affirmed or challenged to follow another track.

Dr Richard Eaton Director, Berlin International School

My coaching has been transformative. I have valued it so much that we are extending 1:1 coaching across all DH and AH in the College. Thank you.

David Ingram Head of College, Dulwich College, Shanghai Puxi

We have already seen the positive impact of the training in many aspects of school life, for example in the development of leadership skills, in 1:1 coaching sessions and in our daily interactions. The Making Stuff Better team bring passion, energy, expertise and honesty to all that they do and have been a pleasure to work with.

Liz Miller Deputy Headteacher, Dubai English Speaking School

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Matt Hall Director, Making Stuff Better

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Recent articles from Making Stuff Better

WATCH: Matt Hall; Practical Leadership Tools for Leading Belonging

In the final talk from our online conference, Matt Hall, Director and Lead Coach at Making Stuff Better, invites senior leaders to discuss practical strategies for implementing a greater culture of belonging.
- Alumni Engagement,
- Continued Professional Development,
- Leadership Coaching,
- Research in Education,
- School Culture & Community Engagement,
- School Leadership,
- Wellbeing in Schools
Read article 30 minute read
Matt Hall
WATCH: Julie Rees; Values Led Leadership for Belonging

In this talk, Julie Rees, Lead Coach at Making Stuff Better, explores how an explicit understanding and practice of core values lays the foundations of how to belong.
- Alumni Engagement,
- Continued Professional Development,
- Leadership Coaching,
- School Culture & Community Engagement,
- School Leadership,
- Wellbeing in Schools
Read article 16 minute read
Julie Rees
WATCH: Naomi Ward; The Principles of Systemic Health

The third of our key speakers from our online conference on creating belonging in international schools, Naomi Ward, Head of Learning at Making Stuff Better, guides us through the principles that lead to systemic health.
- Alumni Engagement,
- Continued Professional Development,
- Leadership Coaching,
- Research in Education,
- School Culture & Community Engagement,
- School Leadership,
- Wellbeing in Schools
Read article 35 minute read
Naomi Ward
WATCH: Johan Jensen; Sense of Belonging - nice to have or business critical?

The keynote speaker from our conference with MSB, Johan Jensen, Director of All-In Education, explores the critical need for belonging in international schools and the potential barriers that exist.
- Alumni Engagement,
- Continued Professional Development,
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice,
- Leadership Coaching,
- Research in Education,
- School Culture & Community Engagement,
- School Leadership,
- Wellbeing in Schools
Read article 19 minute read
Johan Jensen
WATCH: Matthew Savage; Creating Belonging in International Schools

The first speaker from our conference with MSB, Matthew Savage, Founder and Architect of The Mona Lisa Effect explores strategies for leading belonging in international schools.
- Alumni Engagement,
- Continued Professional Development,
- Leadership Coaching,
- Research in Education,
- School Culture & Community Engagement,
- School Leadership,
- Wellbeing in Schools
Read article 22 minute read
Matthew Savage
WATCH: Creating Belonging in International Schools, a conference in collaboration with Making Stuff Better

Revisit this fantastic conference, filled with specialist speakers and insightful strategies to harness a strong sense of belonging within an international school setting.
- Alumni Engagement,
- Continued Professional Development,
- Leadership Coaching,
- Research in Education,
- School Culture & Community Engagement,
- School Leadership,
- Wellbeing in Schools
Read article 180 minute read
Matt Hall
What the precious biodiversity of our natural world can teach us about our school communities

In collaboration with 'Making Stuff Better', Ann Lautrette, Deputy Head of Secondary at Taipei European School in Taiwan shares her passion for the natural world and draws correlations between a thriving ecosystem, and producing a vibrant and harmonious school community.
- Alumni Engagement,
- Continued Professional Development,
- Leadership Coaching,
- Research in Education,
- School Culture & Community Engagement,
- School Leadership,
- Teaching Theory, Practice & Implementation,
- Wellbeing in Schools
Read article 3 minute read
Matt Hall
WATCH: How coaching can improve your school's professional development strategy

How can you create a culture of coaching in your school? And, what benefits can coaching bring to your staff and teachers?
- Continued Professional Development,
- School Leadership,
- Wellbeing in Schools
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Matt Hall
When you shouldn’t be trying to develop a coaching culture

In this article, Matt Hall, founder of Making Stuff Better, shares 3 common mistakes that are often made when developing a coaching culture in an international school setting and suggests how these can be overcome
- Continued Professional Development,
- School Culture & Community Engagement,
- School Leadership,
- Wellbeing in Schools
Read article 3 minute read
Matt Hall
Can you really be yourself as a school leader?

In an excerpt from their first book, Principled: A Guide to Being Yourself as a School Leader, Matt Hall and Gill Kelly explore the challenges of staying true to yourself while leading a school and offer some reflection on how to do so
- School Leadership,
- Wellbeing in Schools
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Matt Hall
WATCH: Taking steps into leadership

Four education experts join the ISN Roundtable to discuss approaches to leadership and coaching culture
- Continued Professional Development,
- School Leadership
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Matt Hall