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Compassionate leadership

21 Citations•2023•
A. Harris, Michelle Jones
School Leadership & Management

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Abstract

We are now many months on from the eye of the COVID 19 storm and schools, on the surface at least, look unchanged. It seems to be ‘business as usual’ yet things are far from normal or usual, as overwhelmingly the international evidence shows a crisis in the wellbeing and mental health of many children and young people (Saltzman, Hansel, and Bordnick 2020; Schwartz et al. 2021). In addition, persistent absence from school remains a worrying, ongoing trend in different countries (Elliot Major and Eyles 2022). COVID 19may be over, but its legacy continues. The complexity of the changes required during the pandemic placed a huge pressure upon all leaders. It is well documented that in times of rapid, chaotic change leaders try to recalibrate and re-centre by revisiting their core moral purpose (Fernandez and Shaw 2020). In times of change, leaders tend to ask: