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School Leadership in Challenging Times
Emotional Resilience in Action

• NABMSE Conference
• John Foster
• Carecall

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Do leaders in Education need Emotional Resilience?

• Understanding the nature of leadership
• Characteristics of effective leadership
• From Plato to Max Weber and Sigmund Freud
• Leadership is like beauty, it is hard to define
  but you know it when you see it.
• H. Levinson 1996, Harvard Business Review,
  Jan/Feb. pp 63 - 70

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The Wisdom of Oz
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What are the Core Constructs of an Emotionally
Intelligent Leader?

• Articulate vision
• Self-awareness
• Resilience
• Empower Others
• Sensing
• Encouraging

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Core Common Elements to being effective in the
workplace

• Emotional Resilience the ability to perform well
  and consistently in a range of situations and
  when under pressure
• Motivation the drive to achieve results, balance
  short and long- term goals in the face of
  challenge and rejection
• Interpersonal Sensitivity being aware of the
  needs and feelings of others and use this when
  interacting with them

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Cheetah
Gazelle
Motivation What motivates each of these every
day?
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Core Elements (Abridged Dulewicz and Higgs,2002)

• Influence ability to persuade others to change
  their viewpoint on a problem, issue or decision
• Intuitiveness use insight to arrive at and
  implement decisions when faced with ambiguous or
  incomplete information
• Conscientiousness and Integrity display
  commitment to a course of action in the face of
  challenge and in line with ethical beliefs

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When Adversity Strikes

• Recognising how an individual manages the shift
  from the rational to the emotional aspects of
  leadership
• What is the relationship between Emotional
  Intelligence and the competencies to lead others?
• Moving from a deficits model to a strengths
  model

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Deficit Model A Time of Decline

• Dwindling staff resources
• Growing teacher anxiety job security
• Complexity of local community needs
• Lessening share of school funding in Budget
• Decreasing public support of education sector
• As we look ahead into the next century, leaders
  will be those who empower others. (1999)
• Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft

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Strengths Model

• Searching for security (Dorothy)
• Searching for intellect/brain (Scarecrow)
• Searching for a heart (Tin Man)
• Searching for courage (Cowardly Lion)
• The role of the Wizard?
• Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a
  follower. (2011)
• Steve Jobs, founder of Apple

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Owning Our Leadership Styles
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Leadership Styles

• Cognitive shifts as a basis for change
• Recognising messages beyond escapism
• Finding ways to harness inner strengths
• Team Ireland Paralympics/Special Olympics
• Finding validation from internal/external sources
• Follow your own Yellow Brick Road

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3 Dimensions of Emotional Resilience

• Interpretation of Adversity
• Past and Current Realities
• Future Possibilities
• Resilience Capacity (to tackle adversity)
• Personal values
• Personal efficacy
• Personal energy
• Actions
• Enact --- Employ --- Invest

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The Wisdom of Oz