Leadership Wellbeing and Executive Coaching for Schools in Saudi Arabia
Supporting school leaders, senior leadership teams, governing boards, and education providers in strengthening leadership resilience, organisational culture, and safe education environments across schools in Saudi Arabia.
Leadership wellbeing plays a critical role in sustaining effective Child Protection practice, Safeguarding culture, and staff wellbeing across education environments.
Leadership Wellbeing and Executive Coaching support within MentalHealth.sa is delivered through Elite Group by:
Shaheen Myers
Associate Director — Leadership Wellbeing and Executive Coaching
About Shaheen Myers
Shaheen Myers brings over 22 years of senior leadership experience across complex and culturally diverse education systems, including executive leadership, governance advisory roles, inspection readiness environments, and large-scale education improvement strategy.
Her leadership experience spans school systems, Multi-Academy Trust environments, Local Authority strategic leadership, and national professional development programmes supporting Headteachers, Senior Leadership Teams, and education executives.
Shaheen has held:
- Headship and Executive Leadership roles within a large Multi-Academy Trust
- Board-level governance roles across three Multi-Academy Trusts
- National Professional Qualification (NPQ) facilitation roles supporting leadership development
- Director of Professional Development responsibilities within a large education trust
- Mentoring and coaching roles supporting new Headteachers and Senior Leaders
She also trained as an Ofsted Inspector and brings strong experience supporting leaders working within accountability frameworks, inspection environments, and organisational improvement contexts.
Strategic Education Leadership Experience
Most recently, Shaheen served as Deputy Director for Education within a large Local Authority in the United Kingdom.
This strategic leadership role included responsibility for:
Partnership working with Multi-Academy Trusts and Chief Executive Officers
Cross-city education improvement strategy
System-wide leadership collaboration frameworks
Engagement with the Department for Education
Work alongside Ofsted
Collaboration with elected members and Local Authority leadership teams
Her experience brings valuable insight into how leadership culture directly influences safeguarding environments, Child Protection awareness, staff wellbeing sustainability, and school improvement capacity.
Leadership Wellbeing in Education Environments
School leaders operate within complex professional environments shaped by:
inspection expectations, regulatory accountability frameworks, staff wellbeing pressures, organisational leadership responsibilities, community expectations, Child Protection responsibilities
Leadership wellbeing directly influences:
- Safeguarding culture
- Child Protection awareness environments
- staff wellbeing stability
- leadership decision-making confidence
- organisational resilience
- school improvement sustainability
- recruitment and retention environments
Supporting leadership wellbeing strengthens the foundation of safe learning environments.
Leadership Wellbeing Support Available to Schools
Schools and education providers across Saudi Arabia may access structured leadership wellbeing support including:
- Executive Coaching for School Leaders
- Leadership Wellbeing Supervision
- Senior Leadership Team Reflection Sessions
- Organisational Culture Diagnostics
- Governance-Level Culture Awareness Sessions
- Whole-School Wellbeing Strategy Support
- Leadership Resilience Planning
This work supports sustainable leadership practice aligned with Child Protection responsibilities and safe education environments across schools in Saudi Arabia.
Supporting Leadership in Complex Accountability Environments
Education leaders are often expected to balance:
inspection expectations
organisational accountability systems
staff wellbeing pressures
strategic improvement priorities
governance oversight responsibilities
community expectations