Key points:
- Change has become the norm in our high-speed world
- How school leaders can manage and control emotions
- Em-pathy, not un-pathy, in school leadership
- For more news on navigating change, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub
We are again in uncertain times. We again find ourselves dealing with sudden changes and uncertainty. We seem to be in a state of constant change and ambiguity. The causes are different, but the feelings–and often our immediate reactions to these events–are the same.
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