Critical reflections on leading in educational contexts : entering identity portals /

"Janet Alsup more than delivers on her aim to be engaging, provocative, informative and inspirational in her latest book Critical Reflections on Leading in Educational Contexts: Entering Identity Portals. Alsup's reflections on her own leadership journey and the insights gained from the ei...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Alsup, Janet (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2026]
Series:	Occasional papers. Education series.
Subjects:	Educational leadership > Sex differences. Educational leadership. Women in education. Leadership en éducation. Femmes en éducation. Educational leadership Women in education Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. Discourses of Leadership Identity Development: An Interdisciplinary and Subjective Vision
Chapter 2. Metaphors of Leadership: Doors, Walls, Boundaries, and Portals
Chapter 3. Mentorship, Collaboration, and Relationship Building
Chapter 4. Mothers, Children, and Friends: Embodying a Leadership Identity
Chapter 5. Empathy and Emotional Intelligence
Chapter 6. Responsibility Fatigue: Meeting Challenges, Handling Failure
Chapter 7. Negotiating Paradox and Integrating Self
Chapter 8. Strong Men or Servant Leaders? Balancing Divergent Cultural Narratives of Leadership
Chapter 9. Opening Identity Portals for New Educational Leaders.