1st Edition
People Solutions for School Leaders What they didn’t tell you and you really need to know
Part 1: Foundations 1. Respect - valuing yourself and valuing others equally 2. Adapting the way you communicate and motivate. 3. Empowering others through (coaching) questions 4. Embedding habits: keeping the momentum going for lasting change Part 2: Wellness 5. The life-changing benefits of self-compassion 6. Choices for everyday wellbeing 7. Personal organisation 8. Mental and emotional fitness 9. Responding to anxiety Part 3: Reducing Workloads 10. Workloads for everyone’s wellbeing 11. Living the school values 12. Clarifying expectations Part 4: It’s all about relationships 13. Sharing responsibility 14. Resilient relationships 15. When parents get angry 16. Necessary conversations Part 5: A sense of belonging 17. Adding the human element to Inset Days 18. I, me, or we? Criteria for being a team player 19. Buzzing: emotional intelligence in teams Part 6: Raising morale 20. Getting real about low morale 21. Overstretched. Leadership and the widening parameters of inclusion Part 7: Self reliance 22. What really stops you prioritising your wellbeing? 23. Finding fulfilment 24. Creative self-compassion Part 8: Navigating towards a hopeful future 25. Consolidating your personal development
Biography
Maureen Bowes is an Executive Coach and Leadership Mentor specialising in coaching for Headteachers and Senior Leaders in Education. She offers advice on personal development along with practical coaching questions through her website: www.solutions.peopleintelligence.com
“This book offers a fantastic range of hints, tips and practical tools to help school leaders deal with many of the challenges they face on a day-to-day basis. With it's reflective style, this book gives a useful framework for school leaders to reflect on their practice, in both a realistic and compassionate way. Maureen has a real understanding of what school leaders are holding, both professionally and emotionally, so feel this books feels authentically grounded in their experiences.
This is a book that school leaders can come back to time and time again. It's a practical compass to help them navigate their work in shaping the lives of children and young people.”
– Faye McGuinness, Director of Programmes and Services at Education Support, UK
