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Research into what promotes emotional resilience and what undermines it in school leaders
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3rd AnnualMentoring and Coaching Research
Conference27-28 June 2013 – Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Gill Fowler & Julia Steward
Connecting Leaders with Emotional Resilience
Bend or Break?
3rd AnnualMentoring and Coaching Research
Conference27-28 June 2013 – Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
www.emccconference.org
Map of the session
Context for leaders and background to researchThemes from literatureMethodologyFindings from researchModel of emotional resilienceQuestions and discussion: implications for us and our clients
3rd AnnualMentoring and Coaching Research
Conference27-28 June 2013 – Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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Context for leaders and background to research
3rd AnnualMentoring and Coaching Research
Conference27-28 June 2013 – Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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Context for Leadership: accelerating change
3rd AnnualMentoring and Coaching Research
Conference27-28 June 2013 – Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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Systems within systems: from macro to micro-level
3rd AnnualMentoring and Coaching Research
Conference27-28 June 2013 – Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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Headteacher hanged herself in primary school
after six months in job - The Telegraph
3rd AnnualMentoring and Coaching Research
Conference27-28 June 2013 – Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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The question:
Is it possible proactively to develop emotional resilience for leadership, and if so how?
3rd AnnualMentoring and Coaching Research
Conference27-28 June 2013 – Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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Exploring the literature
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From the literature: definitionsThe ability to remain on course without being adversely affected by emotional responses
3rd AnnualMentoring and Coaching Research
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Well-being/work-life balance/stress
Self– -confidence-awareness
-management-acceptance
Values
Emotional resilienceEmerging themes
3rd AnnualMentoring and Coaching Research
Conference27-28 June 2013 – Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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3rd AnnualMentoring and Coaching Research
Conference27-28 June 2013 – Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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Work-life balance and well-being‘knowing you are doing a good job without jeopardising health and happiness’‘I am sometimes quite happy not having everything done perfectly’‘being able to identify the positives so that you can celebrate success’
pursuing other professional opportunitiesnetworking with otherstime for reflection
3rd AnnualMentoring and Coaching Research
Conference27-28 June 2013 – Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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Working in harmony with personal values
Seven Levels of Consciousness Model © Barrett Values Centre
3rd AnnualMentoring and Coaching Research
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Relationship with self
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Methodology
Interpretive approachChoice of interviewees for range of experienceImplications of a pre-existing relationshipSemi-structured in-depth interviews with audio recorder and full transcriptEmotional resilience defined by interviewee
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Conference27-28 June 2013 – Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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Findings and conclusions
3rd AnnualMentoring and Coaching Research
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Findings: definitions
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Findings: Positive contribution to ER
‘Having work life balance’
‘Being aware of health: exercise, healthy eating’
‘Recognise stressful situations: control everything I can’
‘Sense of achievement through making a difference’
‘Personal and professional networks/support of family’
‘Feeling valued as an individual’
‘Relaxing and doing other things at weekends’
3rd AnnualMentoring and Coaching Research
Conference27-28 June 2013 – Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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Findings: resilience and control
‘It’s that old circle of influence, circle of concern stuff. I think, right, can I do anything about influencing? Is there anything I can do? Is it in my control at all, and if it’s not, then I just am much better at letting go …’
‘To stay sane you have to acknowledge that you’re not controlling all minds’
‘I should be able to fix everything; especially within a school setting’
‘I actually think - and I have learned – your mind can take you to places you don’t want to go, and you don’t have a lot of control over it. And that’s when your emotional resilience just goes’
3rd AnnualMentoring and Coaching Research
Conference27-28 June 2013 – Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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Findings: own and others’ expectations of leaders in the role
3rd AnnualMentoring and Coaching Research
Conference27-28 June 2013 – Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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Findings: internal dialoguewhen the going gets tough:
‘I should be able to fix everything’: need for control
Acceptance of lack of control
Self-doubt, fear of being found out
Awareness of own limitations: self acceptance
Focusing on what hasn’t been achieved
Noticing the impact and rewards of the role
3rd AnnualMentoring and Coaching Research
Conference27-28 June 2013 – Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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Is it possible proactively to develop emotional resilience for leadership, and if so how?
Emotional resilience is affected by experienceHow leaders respond to the role may support or undermine their resilience Leaders’ beliefs about themselves may have a positive or negative affect on their ability to stay on course in the face of difficulty Emotional resilience is supported by taking action to ensure well-being, including work-life balance
3rd AnnualMentoring and Coaching Research
Conference27-28 June 2013 – Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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Energy
Ability to sustain or cease activity
Agency
Ability to make and act on choices staying true to real
self
Beliefs
about selfnature nurture
Attention to wellbeing
Emotional Resilience Remain on course without being adversely affected by emotion
Inter-relations affecting emotional resilience, © Steward, 2012. In press School leadership and management
3rd AnnualMentoring and Coaching Research
Conference27-28 June 2013 – Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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For more information, contact
julia@chrysalisleadershipdevelopment.
com
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