Full Description
Through the real-life stories of women leaders in education, drawn from across the #WomenEd community, this book offers guidance and inspiration on how to rise above challenging situations and find personal and professional growth. It's time to:
-Tackle imposter syndrome
-Know your worth
-Ask for what you need
-Call out unacceptable behavior
-Put yourself first when necessary
-Raise your voice until it's heard
It's time to own your journey and your story - it's time to become 10% braver.
Contents
Part 1: Braver in the workplace
Chapter 1: Being 10% braver in Higher Education - Dorothy Newbury-Birch
Chapter 2: Coffee, Calpol and co-headship - Claire Mitchell and Emma Turner
Chapter 3: Taking the heat out of the menopause in the workplace - Michelle Cooke
Chapter 4: Learning to dance in the rain - Clare Erasmus
Chapter 5: Dynamic part-time leadership - Frances Aston
Chapter 6: Making middle leadership count - Emily Rankin
Chapter 7: Being a woman and a leader with a disability - Ruth Golding
Chapter 8: Investing in ourselves as leaders: a guilty pleasure? - Kerry Jordan-Daus and Lacey Austin
Part 2: Advocating for others
Chapter 9: When your partner is a female leader - Andy Mitchell
Chapter 10: Stand by all women - Keziah Featherstone with Jon Chaloner, Vic Goddard, Dan Morrow and Malcolm Richards
Chapter 11: If there isn't a seat around the table, be the one who buys the chairs - Hilary Goldsmith
Chapter 12: What governors can do to build inclusive workplaces - Lesley Dolben and Natalie de Silva
Part 3: Braving the change
Chapter 13: Retirement is not a dirty word - Fiona McSorley
Chapter 14: Returning to teaching and leadership after illness - Rachael Paget
Chapter 15: Being an international school leader - Liz Free with Sue Aspinall, Ruth Barsby and Pauline O'Brien
Chapter 16: A small fish in a big pond: educational leadership outside of a school environment - Lizana Oberholzer
Chapter 17: Overcoming the challenges of a woman leader with a disability in education - Sharon McCormack
Part 4: Daring to be different
Chapter 18: Being taken seriously as a young leader: Can I see your ID? - Gemma Sant
Chapter 19: Why it's 'in' to be an introverted leader? - Alex Fairlamb
Chapter 20: Let me take you on a journey... - Jules Daulby
Chapter 21: Walking Gaily Forward - Lisa Hannay
Part 5: Owning our bravery
Chapter 22: Brave vulnerability - Debra Rutley
Chapter 23: Being comfortable and authentic as an LGBT+ leader and role model - Claire Nicholls
Chapter 24: Asylum - Felicity King
Chapter 25: Slaying the dragon of imposter syndrome - Imogen Senior
Chapter 26: Moving mindsets and failing forward - Jacinta Calzada-Mayronne and Melissa Egri-McCauley
Part 6: Tackling an unfair system
Chapter 27: We can't be what we can't see: Make sure you're not the one blocking the view - Penny Rabiger
Chapter 28: What to do if you find yourself working for a bully - Beatus Magistra
Chapter 29: Pregnant and screwed - Hannah Dalton and Kiran Mahil
Chapter 30: Dealing with the motherhood penalty as a leader - Naomi Shenton
Chapter 31: Time to say goodbye - Bukky Yusuf
Chapter 32: Inspiring the future - Vivienne Porritt
