About Me

About The Author

Michael Parsons

Michael Parsons writes about how schools stop being busy and start producing real results. He is an international educator, strategist and storyteller with more than two decades working in classrooms and school leadership across the United States, Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

What He Does

Parsons helps leaders replace scattered initiatives with clear choices, simple measures and repeatable practices. He created the Bullseye Strategy Model to move schools from activity to coherent action, showing teams how identity, context and measurement link to what students actually learn.

Experience and Credentials

A former Director of Teaching and Learning and a Data and Assessment Coordinator, he has helped schools design strategic plans that teachers can explain and use. He holds an MBA in Educational Leadership with an emphasis on Strategic Management and Organizational Behaviour. He also works as a coach, conference presenter and certified personal trainer, combining clarity, discipline and practical habit work in his workshops.
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Years of Experiences

What Readers Get From His Work

Parsons writes for leaders who want fewer initiatives and more measurable progress. The ideas in his book focus on making choices that reduce staff fatigue, create shared purpose and link classroom practice to long term outcomes. Practical templates, one-page strategy anchors and real school case studies are central to his approach.

Approach and Style

His voice is direct and practical. The work avoids jargon and long lists of tasks. Instead it offers a testable theory of success leaders can discuss in staff rooms and board meetings. The aim is not quick fixes. It is steady improvement through disciplined choice, clear measures and shared ownership.

Speaking, Workshops and Consultancy

Parsons runs short workshops and longer strategic retreats that produce a one-page strategic anchor leaders can use immediately. Sessions focus on WHO and WHERE first, then move to measurable objectives and simple actions that stick. He presents at leadership conferences and leads coaching for senior teams that need to turn planning into practice.

Selected Influences and Thinking

His work draws on strategy thinkers and measurement practitioners who stress the need for coherent choices and useful metrics. The Bullseye model is informed by practical measurement frameworks and classic strategy ideas that insist real strategy requires trade-offs and clear indicators of progress.