Emerge

Author Gavin Grift proposes that successful leadership is, at its core, a deeply personal endeavor built on self-awareness. This book equips teacher leaders with the knowledge and insight they need to meet the leader within themselves. With newfound leadership thinking, educators can remove mental barriers, become empowered to tackle the daily challenges ahead, and begin the journey to leading schools impactfully. This book will help K 12 teacher leaders: Discover antidotes to persistent pain points in the work of a teacher and leaderDevelop self-knowledge to address beliefs, values, motivations, the perceptions of others, and moreLearn how to use the unconscious and conscious responses of others to gain insight about their leadership identitiesUse the lessons of several archetypes the ostrich, the imposter, the pleaser, and more to establish levers to overcome themEngage in exercises for self-work to help the leader within emergeContents:PrefaceForewordIntroductionChapter 1: Clarity Precedes CompetenceChapter 2: Pain Points and People Agents of Self-AwarenessChapter 3: Where to Focus Your Self-AwarenessChapter 4: Common Pain Points for Middle LeadersChapter 5: The Pleaser Overcoming the Need to Be LikedChapter 6: The Ostrich Overcoming the Overwhelm of Constant ChangeChapter 7: The Imposter Overcoming Self-Limiting BeliefsChapter 8: The Dynamo Overcoming Not Having Enough TimeChapter 9: The Judge and Juror Overcoming Difficult People at WorkConclusion: Coming Into ViewReferences and ResourcesIndex