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Beacon Star Global helps schools and organisations build stronger leadership teams, for staff and students alike, through the PRISM^® Workstyle and Leadership assessments and facilitated training.

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Founded by Tim BarrettPRISM^® Master Facilitator

In a world shaped by AI, human skills matter more than ever. Every team has its own way of working, and most of it goes unspoken. PRISM gives people a way to reflect on how they work and lead, and a shared language to talk about it together.

Tim BarrettFounder and CEO

Why run PRISM

Leadership increasingly rests on human skills: trust, listening, working through disagreement and leading people who see things differently. They can be learned, and PRISM is a practical place to start.

Staff teams stop taking differences personally

When a team can see that one colleague decides quickly and another needs time to think, friction becomes something to plan for, not resent.

Student leaders learn to lead their peers

Captains, student councils and leadership teams often lead peers who work very differently from them. PRISM helps them understand their own style and build leadership capability that lasts well beyond school.

Human skills matter more as work changes

Employers expect 39% of core skills to change by 2030, and rank leadership, resilience, empathy and active listening among those they value most.

World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2025

97%
of employees say poor teamwork hurts the quality of their work.
90%
say their team directly affects their job satisfaction and performance.
Salesforce Research

The PRISM^® assessments

PRISM was developed by a Boston University research team led by David Livermore, PhD, with more than 3,700 leaders and professionals in 27 countries. It looks at how people actually work in a team. It is not a personality test, and there are no right or wrong results.

For every member of a team

Workstyle Profile

Where each person sits on the five dimensions that shape how a team works.

Power
Risk
Identity
Speed
Messaging

View a sample Workstyle Profile

For people who lead

Leadership Profile

Everything in the Workstyle Profile, plus the leadership archetype you are most likely to default to.

Five dimensions
Primary archetype
Secondary archetype

View a sample Leadership Profile

What a Leadership Profile shows

Where a leader sits on the five dimensions, and the archetype that best describes how they lead.

There are six archetypes, and each is a legitimate way to lead in the right setting. The aim is to know your default, then learn when to flex.

TrailblazerLead with vision
ArchitectLead with process
CoachLead with support
GuardianLead with protection
DirectorLead with authority
NavigatorLead with responsiveness

Your PRISM^® Leadership Profile

A sample profile, as shown on the assessment site.

Power40%FlatTop-Down

Risk30%TolerantAverse

Identity75%Self-DirectedGroup-Directed

Speed55%FasterSlower

Messaging60%DirectIndirect

Leadership archetypeCoachLead by empowering others

You lead with support and resources. Coaches focus on bringing out the best in others through encouragement and empowerment. You are often a steady, trusted presence, prioritising individual growth while ensuring the team has what it needs.

Debrief and team modules

Results come alive in a facilitated debrief, where Tim works through them with the team using participant workbooks. The team then moves through the Global TeamLEAD modules, the curriculum built around PRISM, with elements of cultural intelligence woven throughout.

A team of colleagues talking around a table

Staff leadership teams

Executive teams, heads of department, and year level and pastoral leaders.

1 TeamWORK
2 TeamLEAD
3 TeamCULTURE
4 TeamNORMS

A PRISM^® Leadership Profile for every team member
A facilitated debrief with participant workbooks
All four modules, including TeamCULTURE
Team norms the group agrees and owns

Enquire about staff teams

Students working together around a table

Student leadership teams

Captains, prefects, student representative councils, and house and service leaders, usually from Year 9.

1 TeamWORK
2 TeamLEAD
4 TeamNORMS

Workstyle Profiles for the team, Leadership Profiles for senior leaders
A debrief with the student workbook
Modules 1, 2 and 4, written for young people
A team norm they write, test and keep

Enquire about student teams

Module 1 Staff and studentsTeamWORK
How you work along each of the five dimensions, and how your team works, so everyone shares a common language.
Module 2 Staff and studentsTeamLEAD
Your own leadership style and the styles in your team, so you know when to flex and what is missing.
Module 3 StaffTeamCULTURE
Psychological safety and intellectual honesty, and why both matter for a high-functioning team.
Module 4 Staff and studentsTeamNORMS
Practical ways of working everyone understands and can keep, to prevent friction before it starts.

Founder and CEO

Tim Barrett

Tim has worked with schools and organisations around the world to develop programmes in cultural intelligence and global leadership.

The global learning programme he led was named best co-curricular programme at the Australian Education Awards in 2019 and again in 2020. He has spoken about that work at conferences in Australia and overseas, and on education and leadership podcasts.

Tim is curriculum lead for Global TeamLEAD, the team leadership programme built around PRISM, and his experience as a teacher and facilitator keeps the training relevant and engaging.

Training and roles

PRISM^® Master Facilitator
Curriculum lead, Global TeamLEAD
Lifetime Member, Society of CQ Fellows
Director, Somerset Institute

Tim on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)

Tim Barrett speaking on a panel in front of large ACEL letters — On the panel at the Australian Council for Educational Leaders National Summit.

Simple to run

A conversation
A free 15-minute call about your team and what you would like to change.
Access codes
We set up your group and send each person a code.
10 to 15 minutes online
Completed in each person’s own time. Results can be held until the debrief.
Debrief and modules
In person or online, fitted around your calendar.

Where would you like to start?

Take an assessment

Profiles are completed online with an access code from your facilitator. Get in touch and we will set one up for your team.

Visit the assessment site assessment.beacon-star.com

Talk with Tim

Tell us about your team and we will reply within two business days.