Parsing the Emotional Waves of School Leadership

This book plunges you into the daily emotional landscape of school leaders as they navigate conflict, support struggling staff and students, and manage their own wellbeing. Through the voices and experiences of leaders themselves, you will witness how they harness emotional intelligence in practice. The groundbreaking "billow" model, capturing the surging waves of emotion leaders experience, provides a dynamic framework for development. As educational leaders face mounting pressures from abuse to burnout, this research delivers powerful insights and practical pathways for cultivating emotionally intelligent leadership.