Resilient Leadership : School Leaders Thriving in Adversity and Crisis / Chen Schechter and Lior Halevi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schechter, Chen, 1970- author.

Halevi, Lior, author.

Series:

Emerald points.

Emerald Points Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational leadership.

School principals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leeds : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2024]

Summary:

Schechter and Halevi answer questions such as what promotes the development of resilience among school principals? What hinders it? What are the characteristics and practices of school principals' resilience?.

Contents:

Front Cover

Resilient Leadership

Copyright Page

Dedications

Contents

Preface

1. Needed: Resilient Leaders

What Happens When the Principal Sneezes?

Conducting an Orchestra of Contradictions and Conflicts

Tightrope Walker

Super-Role

Seriously? Even Purchasing Desks Is Leadership?

Humane Action Versus Task Orientation

Equality Versus Hierarchy

Initiative Versus Stability

Self-Direction Versus Conformity

Teamwork Versus Individualism

Challenge and Complexity: Time for Resilience

Questions Worth Asking

2. What Is Resilience? Developing the Conceptual Framework

Resilience Defined

Resilience Models

What Makes Us Resilient?

3. School Leadership and Resilience

Resilience and the Principal's Emotional World

Resilience and a Principal's Emotional Work

School Leadership and Resilience

The Importance of Integrating Components of Resilience Into School Management

The Impact of Leadership and Resilience on the School Environment

4. The Anatomy of School Principals' Resilience Muscles: Characteristics and Practices

Developing Resilience Muscles

Professional Educational Identity as a Significant Component of Principals' Resilience

A Sense of Meaning and Mission as Principals' Resilience Practice

Ability to Focus as Principals' Resilience Practice

Perspective and Proportion as Principals' Resilience Practices

Optimistic Thinking as Principals' Resilience Practice

Preserving Physical Vitality as a Resilience Practice of Principals

Delayed Response as a Resilience Practice of Principals

The Dynamics Between Attributes of Resilience and Practices of Resilience

5. Resilience Architecture: Building Blocks and Stumbling Stones

Constant Vigilance.

"This Job Is More Than One Person Can Handle"

Resilience-Undermining Forces

Force 1. Overload That Creates a Sense of Stress

Force 2. Difficulty Dealing With Key Players (Staff, Parents, Authorities, Supervisors)

Force 3. Lack of Administrative Knowledge

Force 4. Being Rejected by the Staff

Resilience-Building Forces

Force 1. Growth Caused by Biographical Events

Force 2. Quick Successes, Especially Among New Principals

Force 3. A Supportive Environment

Force 4. Indirect Support From Students

Summary

6. Resilience Management in Times of Crisis: The COVID-19 Pandemic

The Unique Challenges of Handling the COVID-19 Crisis

COVID-19 and Principals' Need for Resilience

Generating Resilience in Times of Crisis: Proposed Guidelines

7. School Principals and the Multidimensional Resilience Model

The Emotional Dimension

The Ethical Dimension

The Social Dimension

The Physiological Dimension

The Mental Dimension

Epilogue - Finding Resilience Within Ourselves

References

About the Authors

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Schechter, Chen Resilient Leadership

ISBN:

1-83753-908-1