Health and Wellbeing
Workload: The Leader as Model
Give yourself permission to say no, park what can wait and hand work back, so your staff see it's allowed too.
- 27 minutes
- Recorded webinar
- 0.5 CPD hours
- Certificate
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What you'll learn
- Recognise the physical signs that your workload has tipped into overload
- Spot when you're rescuing your team by doing work that belongs to them
- Say no honestly, using the three choices behind every request
- Separate what's urgent to someone else from what's important to you right now
- Share small wins so your staff feel able to set limits too
About this course
Most school leaders worry more about their team's workload than their own. So when a deputy is the right person for a job, you do it yourself because they look busy. By 11 at night you still haven't touched the work only you can do.
A former headteacher who now coaches heads helps you look at that, so have a pen and paper ready. You'll notice what your body does when the load gets too much, name what you're afraid will happen if you say no, and practise saying it straight. You can say yes and do it badly at midnight, say yes and not do it, or say no and explain why.
You'll leave with a couple of small changes you've committed to. Tell your staff about them, because when they see you set a limit, they're more likely to set their own.
- For governors, middle leaders and 2 other roles. All phases.
Recording
- 28 min
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