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Surviving, thriving and reviving in leadership: The personal and professional development needs of educational leaders

Earley, P; (2020) Surviving, thriving and reviving in leadership: The personal and professional development needs of educational leaders. Management in Education , 34 (3) pp. 117-121. 10.1177/0892020620919763. Green open access

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Abstract

Introduction: Within a context of recruitment and retention challenges, growing emotional demands and work intensification, this opinion piece argues that greater attention needs to be given to individual leaders’ personal development – their well-being and developing the personal qualities required to operate in such demanding conditions. It also asks how can we ensure their continuing effective performance, all the more important while working within a high-stakes accountability culture? In other words, what is needed for head teachers and other senior leaders to ‘survive’, ‘thrive’ and also ‘revive’ in the current performative educational landscape in England and other jurisdictions? Given the widely recognised importance of effective leadership for successful schools, this opinion piece suggests how the work of leaders can be more sustainable, ensuring they continue to operate successfully, both in the interests of their pupils and their own well-being.

Type: Article
Title: Surviving, thriving and reviving in leadership: The personal and professional development needs of educational leaders
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1177/0892020620919763
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1177/0892020620919763
Language: English
Additional information: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Learning and Leadership
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10104699
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