Managing Yourself and Others During Crises

Walter S. Polka; John E. McKenna; Monica J. VanHusen

doi:10.5771/9781475865059

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Managing Yourself and Others During Crises: Key Leadership Visions, Approaches, and Dispositions to Survive and Thrive is about managing yourself and others during crisis situations like the recent unprecedented global pandemic that promulgated chaos in the operations of most human societies and institutions including family structures, educational procedures and practices, work relationships and settings, religious observances, governmental functions, protocols, and processes. This book provides insights based on the knowledge and experiences of practicing leadership and policy experts about keeping organizations functioning, as best as possible, during crises situations. They articulate practical approaches based on sound leadership research for ensuring that the people, things, and ideas of seminal societal institutions like education not only survive the crisis but also continue to thrive. Key leadership visions, approaches, and personal dispositions to cope with such monumental and unexpected changes are presented by chapter authors who not only studied crises situations but also personally lived through them and appropriately managed themselves and others using various comprehensive strategies, techniques, and coping mechanisms based on leadership best practices in educational organizations.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4758-6503-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4758-6505-9
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 170
Product type: Edited Book

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. Foreword No access
4. 1. References No access
5. Acknowledgments No access
6. Introduction No access
1. Employing a Visionary Mindset No access
2. Education as an Open Social System No access
3. Saber Tooth Curriculum Metaphor for Contemporary Leadership Reflection No access
4. Successful Personal Leadership Dispositions for Coping and Thriving During Crises No access
5. Summary No access
6. Key Takeaways for Educational Leaders No access
7. References No access
1. School Leadership in Context No access
2. Hoping and Healing in Times of Crisis: Leadership Practices No access
3. Summary Thoughts No access
4. Key Takeaways for Educational Leaders No access
5. References No access
1. A Pause in Direction No access
2. Sensemaking No access
3. Learning about COVID-19 No access
4. Meaning-Making Challenges During the Pandemic No access
5. Sense-Giving and Uncertainty No access
6. Opportunities for Moving Forward No access
7. Leadership Identity and Acts of Leadership No access
8. Reflections Looking Ahead No access
9. Key Takeaways for Educational Leaders No access
10. References No access
1. The Algorithmic Age No access
2. Leadership Moxie Plus No access
3. Mission and Vision Updates During Crises No access
4. Importance of Moral Purpose During Crises No access
5. The Need for Empowerment During Times of Change No access
6. Summary of Moxie Leadership: Now and for the Future No access
7. Key Takeaways for Educational Leaders No access
8. References No access
1. The Three Categories of Coping Needs of Individuals and Teams No access
2. Personal Coping Needs No access
3. Professional Coping Needs No access
4. Organizational Coping Needs No access
5. The Effective Coping Zone No access
6. SUMMARY MATRICES OF HIGH-TOUCH EFFECTIVE CHANGE ZONE COPING NEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH CRISES CHALLENGEs No access
7. Key Takeaways for Educational Leaders No access
8. References No access
1. Information and Policy Change No access
2. Endogenous and Exogenous Change No access
3. Policy Learning, Transfer, and Experimentation No access
4. Policy Durability and Consensus No access
5. Concluding Thoughts No access
6. Key Takeaways for Educational Leaders No access
7. References No access
1. Mindfulness History No access
2. Research on Mindfulness and Mindfulness Practices No access
3. Current Thinking about Mindfulness in Schools No access
4. Mindfulness and School Leadership in an Uncertain World No access
5. Mindfulness in Schools: Here Today? Here Tomorrow? Only During Crises? No access
6. Key Takeaways for Educational Leaders No access
7. References No access
1. 1. Possessing a Visionary Mindset with Ethical Purpose No access
2. 2. Building Relationships, Trust, and Empowering Others No access
3. 3. Developing and Sustaining a Culture of Creativity and Caring No access
4. 4. Communicating Concisely, Transparently, and Accurately No access
5. 5. Making Sense of Change and Enhancing Situational Awareness No access
6. 6. Embracing Flexibility and Adaptability No access
7. 7. Providing Resources and Support No access
8. 8. Personifying Optimism and Seizing Opportunities No access
9. Summary No access
10. Key Takeaways for Educational Leaders No access
11. References No access
1. References No access
Appendix: Matrix of Eight Essential Leadership Elements for Navigating Crises No access Pages 159 - 164
1. About the Editors No access
2. About the Contributors No access