F. The EQ-uipped Leader: How to Hack Emotional Intelligence (EQ) to Create an Effective
(and sustainable!) Leadership Team on Your Campus with Adam Saenz
In February 2020, none of us could have imagined how a global pandemic would radically alter life as we knew it. As we journey through 2022, teachers are facing challenges as never before; many who have not left the profession are operating in survival mode. The trickle-up effect means that campus and district-level leaders are under pressure as never before.
The good news is this pressure is developing the beautiful diamond within each of us. Explore how emotional intelligence is the powerful tool that keeps leaders in the sweet spot as they lead others through challenges. Ralph Waldo Emerson put it this way, “The wise person in the storm prays to God not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear. It is the storm within which endangers, not the storm without.” As we calm and master the storm within us—our thoughts, feelings, and stress—we become a centered, secure base for those depending on us.
Learn:
- Practical physical and mental strategies you can implement daily to keep yourself and your team out of survival mode
- How to engage stress by creating a tonic, life-giving (versus toxic, life-sucking) campus culture using the appropriate fight-or-flight strategies
- How to build your personal Dream Team—your Sage, your Hero, your Caregiver, and your Everyman—to keep us in the lane of growth
Adam Saenz, Psychologist and Author