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Tim Barrett works with schools and universities worldwide to build cultural intelligence and global leadership, in staff and in students.

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Tim Barrett

A consultancy for schools that want their people to lead well across difference, from student leaders to senior staff.

Tim Barrett speaking on stage in a panel discussion, with a fellow panellist smiling beside him
Tim speaking at the Australian Council for Educational Leaders National Summit.

What Tim does

  • Presents to staff, students and conferences, in Australia and overseas.
  • Works with schools to design programmes in cultural intelligence and global leadership.
  • Builds a leadership pipeline, from student leaders through to senior staff.

Global collaborations include

  • USA
  • Mexico
  • Singapore
  • Hong Kong
  • Scotland
  • Japan
  • Spain
  • England
  • Thailand

The tools Tim brings to a school

Two assessments give a school something solid to work from: where its people are now, and what has changed after a programme.

Cultural intelligence assessment

Cultural intelligence (CQ) is the capability to work and relate well across difference. The assessment measures its four capabilities, Drive, Knowledge, Strategy and Action, against worldwide norms.

Run before and after a programme, it shows growth for each person and for the whole group.

View a sample group report for the cultural intelligence assessment (PDF, opens in a new tab)
A page from a sample cultural intelligence group report, comparing a group's average scores with worldwide norms A page from a sample cultural intelligence group report, showing the group's profile across the four capabilities
Pages from a sample group report by the Cultural Intelligence Center.

PRISM® Workstyle and Leadership assessments

A 10 to 15 minute online assessment of how each person works and leads, on five dimensions. It is not a personality test, and there is no right or wrong result.

Power: Flat

You prefer a collaborative and egalitarian approach, valuing equal input from all team members rather than deferring to authority.

Drag a dot to place yourself. The small dots are a real team of 27 leaders.

  1. Power

    Flat
    Top-Down

  2. Risk

    Tolerant
    Averse

  3. Identity

    Self-Directed
    Group-Directed

  4. Speed

    Faster
    Slower

  5. Messaging

    Direct
    Indirect
Sample Workstyle Profile (PDF, opens in a new tab) Sample Leadership Profile (PDF, opens in a new tab) More on the PRISM site (opens in a new tab)

See how your team works

Tim brings everyone’s PRISM results together so a team can see itself. This is a real team of 27 leaders, de-identified.

Where the team sits

Each circle is one person. The pin is the team average.
Power
FlatTop-Down
Risk
TolerantAverse
Identity
Self-DirectedGroup-Directed
Speed
FasterSlower
Messaging
DirectIndirect

This team leans flat on Power but is spread widely on Risk and Identity, which is where the conversation starts.

Where it is most divided

Identity, 75 points
Power
45
Risk
70
Identity
75
Speed
60
Messaging
55

Who holds which archetype

Leads from it Reaches for it next
Trailblazer5
Architect7
Coach13
Guardian8
Director11
Navigator10

How the team leans

Number of people at each end, and in the middle
Flat
189
Top-Down
Tolerant
9126
Averse
Self-Directed
11214
Group-Directed
Faster
4158
Slower
Direct
11313
Indirect

From results to practice, in four modules

Tim facilitates the Global TeamLEAD curriculum with participant workbooks, with cultural intelligence woven through. Staff teams work through all four modules. Students take TeamWORK, TeamLEAD and TeamNORMS.

  1. How you work on each of the five dimensions, and how your team works.

    You leave with a common language for difference.

  2. Your own leadership style, and the styles in your team.

    You leave with a sense of when to flex, and what is missing.

  3. Psychological safety and intellectual honesty, and why a team needs both.

    You leave with a clearer picture of trust in your team.

  4. Ways of working that everyone understands and can keep.

    You leave with norms your team writes, tests and keeps.

Pages from the participant workbooks

How it works

  1. A conversationA free 15-minute call about your school and what you want to build.
  2. A plan for your schoolWhich groups, which tools, and when.
  3. Assessments onlineCompleted in each person’s own time.
  4. Debrief and workshopsIn person or online, fitted around your calendar.

Tim Barrett

Founder and CEO, Beacon Star Global

Tim has worked with schools and organisations around the world to develop cultural intelligence, leadership capability and meaningful global partnerships.

A regular national and international speaker, his work has been featured by the Australian Council for Educational Research, The Educator, and leading education podcasts. The global learning programme he led was named best co-curricular programme at the Australian Education Awards in 2019 and 2020.

Tim on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)
  • Lifetime Member, Society of CQ Fellows
  • PRISM® Master Facilitator
  • Curriculum lead, Global TeamLEAD
  • Director, Somerset Institute

Start with a conversation

Tell Tim about your school and what you want to build. He will reply within two business days.

Have a PRISM access code?

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Or email info@beacon-star.com