Coaching through Burnout - Hazel Anderson Turner

Coaching Through Burnout is a practical guide for leaders (and their teams) to equip themselves with the skills and strategies needed to navigate the growing epidemic of chronic workplace stress.

Business Psychologist Hazel Anderson-Turner offers a unique, evidence-based approach to addressing the topic of burnout after years of coaching leaders and teams in the public sector.

The book is divided up into three clear sections: the first section shares Hazel's own story of burnout, offering readers an intimate look at the challenges she faced as an ambitious, high-achieving professional navigating the demands of work and motherhood. Hazel's candid account will resonate with many professionals who have struggled to maintain a healthy work-life balance and found themselves on the brink of burnout.

The middle section of the book introduces Hazel's 'Coaching Through Burnout' course framework, which equips leaders with practical communication skills and strategies to support their teams. Through clear communication and collective boundary-setting, Hazel aims to empower leaders and organisations to cultivate a culture of wellness and resilience.

In the final section of the book, Hazel shares her expertise in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to outline three key personal skills that can help individuals better manage the critical inner voice and overwhelming demands that often contribute to burnout. These techniques have been transformative for Hazel's coaching clients, and she is eager to share them with a wider audience.

People Solutions for School Leaders - Maureen Bowes

Focusing on the many challenges faced by school leaders in different contexts, including primary, secondary, rural, and urban settings, this book helps you find practical solutions that work for your circumstances, align with your values, and support your relationship with yourself and your people. It shows you how you can keep well, manage workload, accept differences, confront what is unacceptable, break through what’s uncomfortable and awkward, collaborate, and rediscover your joy in the profession.

Based on over twenty years of lessons learnt from coaching headteachers and school leaders, People Solutions for School Leaders builds on the foundations of respect, adaptability, a coaching approach, and embedding habits. It gives you what you need to know about leading people in this rapidly changing education system. Chapters feature:

• Themed coaching questions for yourself, your staff, and the people ‘above’ you.
• Activities for team meetings and training days with access to free resources and downloads.
• Headteachers’ shared experiences – in their own words.
• Ways to connect effectively with others, so people ‘get you’ and you ‘get them.’
• Principles of emotional intelligence you can put into practice across your school community for stronger working relationships, successful teams, and community cohesion.

Full of practical insights and actionable strategies, this is essential reading for school leaders across all phases, governors and trustees, and all those with a coaching or mentoring role in education.