Publications

Publications including "principal wellbeing"

Healthy school leaders know how to switch off
May 2025
School Management Plus

Healthy school leaders know how to switch off

Why is is important that school leaders switch off in non-work time and effective switching off strategies.
What is Burnout and How Can Teachers and School Leaders Overcome It?
Jan 2021

What is Burnout and How Can Teachers and School Leaders Overcome It?

Back in September 2020 in my article Is an Epidemic of COVID Burnout Awaiting our School Leaders?  I shared my own experiences of an occupational burnout diagnosed the year before. I also...
School Leader Wellbeing During the COVID 19 Pandemic – The 2020 Report
Dec 2020

School Leader Wellbeing During the COVID 19 Pandemic – The 2020 Report

I provide schools and other organisations with the inspiration, knowledge and tools to maximise the wellbeing of their whole community.
Why Should Parents Care About School Leader Wellbeing?
Dec 2020

Why Should Parents Care About School Leader Wellbeing?

The media is filled almost every day with reports of increased stress and mental health issues that schools are facing in the wake of the current pandemic crisis. Most focus...
School Leader Voices Tell the Real Story of Pandemic Stress
Nov 2020

School Leader Voices Tell the Real Story of Pandemic Stress

In my recent study into school leader wellbeing during the COVID 19 crisis 70% of the 721 school leaders who took part say they have come close to breaking point...
Leading Through the Pandemic: Is School Leader Loneliness Increasing Under COVID?
Sep 2020

Leading Through the Pandemic: Is School Leader Loneliness Increasing Under COVID?

My article  The Loneliness of the International School Leader from 2018, is by far my most read and commented upon post, striking a chord with school leaders around the world. Since the...
Leading Through the Pandemic-Is an Epidemic of COVID Burnout Awaiting our School Leaders?
Sep 2020

Leading Through the Pandemic-Is an Epidemic of COVID Burnout Awaiting our School Leaders?

A year ago, at the start of the 2019-20 school year, I took the decision to retire from work at the end of the year, at the age of 56....
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