It is draining! It creates feelings of underappreciation and can negatively impact work-life balance. However, I wish someone had told me that I can’t be an inspirational and transformational leader all the time. Those leadership styles are must-have tools for your toolbox.
McNulty lay out a helpful framework for the transformational leader who can address “the needs of and provide personal attention to individual staff members, particularly those who seem left out.” In the 2021 article “ The Six Traits Of Inspirational Leadership ,” executive leadership coach Kathy Lockwood identifies similar strengths in inspirational leaders who “face challenges in a calm manner” and “show their resiliency by keeping their emotions in check.” In the 2005 book School Leadership That Works, Robert J. The school leader must be at the forefront of facing emerging challenges like the pandemic-implementing new initiatives, integrating federal and state mandates, and updating school procedures. Many of the things we do as leaders require both transformational and inspirational leadership.
Our profession has shifted over the past few years, and our responsibilities as school leaders have also changed. In this biweekly column, principals and other authorities on school leadership-including researchers, education professors, district administrators, and assistant principals-offer timely and timeless advice for their peers.
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