Tracey Ezard

Tracey has run leadership programs for education and system leaders for over 15 years across all education sectors in Australia and in New Zealand, also alongside education federations in the UK. Tracey’s ‘TheBuzz Academy’, launched in 2021, is an online portal that assists schools to skill up their learning leaders in building professional learning cultures.

Tracey works extensively with principal and assistant principal networks throughout Australia. Tracey is the 2022 recipient of the ACELVic Hedley Beare Educator of the Year award, a National Fellow of the Australian Council of Education Leaders (FACEL) and a Certified Speaking Professional. She has a background in teaching and educational leadership in the Victorian state system, business management and HR in fine dining restaurants and project management in the automotive industry as part of the Teacher Release to Industry Program.

As a speaker, author, educator and mentor, Tracey brings to any group she works with a range of models and positions that will spark the new thinking and discussion that needs to continue evolving in a complex and diverse global paradigm.

Tracey is an author of three books and in 2021 launched her third book ‘Ferocious Warmth - School Leaders Who Inspire and Transform’.

Her previous books, ‘Glue - The Stuff that Binds Us Together to do Extraordinary Work’ is for leaders across all sectors who want to lift beyond convention to create high performing teams, and ‘The Buzz – Creating a Thriving and Collaborative Staff Learning Culture’, is designed for education leaders to support schools to bring about transformation in education.

Fericious Warmth

This keynote explores the concept of ‘Ferocious Warmth’ leadership and the challenge of staying in balance when leading. It helps leaders understand both what brings out their best and where their challenges lie in the continual dance of leadership.