Transform the way you lead - without losing your health, your values, or your humanity.

At 45, award-winning educator Luisa Martin-Thomas suffered a sudden heart attack that stopped her in her tracks - and forced her to question everything she knew about leadership. What she discovered changed her life, her career, and her definition of success.

In this candid and practical book, Luisa draws on more than two decades of experience in leadership - from taking a school out of special measures and creating a thriving 3-16 all-through school, to founding a performing arts academy and coaching senior leaders to challenge the high-pressure, target-driven culture that too often leads to burnout and blame.

Blending personal memoir, professional insight, and powerful tools for change, A Leader's Wake-Up Call shows you how to:

• Embed well-being into the core of your organisation.
• Build resilience while keeping your compassion intact.
• Replace blame culture with true accountability and harm measurement.
• Lead with integrity, without sacrificing your health or work-life balance.

Through deeply personal storytelling - including the creation of a mindfulness hub that transformed staff and student well-being and clear, actionable advice, Luisa introduces the WAKE UP Leadership Manifesto: a call to lead with Well-being, Authenticity, Kindness, Empowerment, Understanding, and Putting Yourself First.

Whether you're an aspiring leader, senior leader, headteacher, consultant, or anyone striving to lead with heart in a demanding environment, this book will help you. A Leader's Wake-Up Call is both an inspiring story of personal transformation and a practical roadmap for creating healthy, high-performing organisations.