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A must-have guide to succeeding at school leadership without sacrificing personal balance Reports of burnout, stress, and compassion fatigue are on the rise. These issues push many out of the profession, leading to high turnover and sub-optimal student outcomes. How can school leaders combat these problems? Leaders can manager their own wellness and priorities. Healthy leaders who learn balance can create motivation, confidence, quality collaboration, and enthusiasm among staff and other stakeholders. Principal in Balance offers principals strategies and tools to take more ownership of their lives at work and home, so everyone in the K-12 educational community can thrive. Nationally Distinguished Principal and four-time author Jessica Cabeen shows you how to navigate leading at work and having a fulfilling life. Throughout the book, you gain actionable points to help you set achievable goals, find time in the day to accomplish them, and have time to enjoy rest at home. You'll learn to better meet the needs of your administration, staff, parents, and students using intentional and creative actions without sacrificing yourself. Learn to balance work and life to create higher productivity Gain proven tips for successful goal setting, staff retention, and student learning Discover lead-to-win strategies that can help you improve your leadership in all areas Make intentional space in your daily life for self-care and permission to rest Principal in Balance offers a practical, timely approach by a school leader for school leaders to cultivate work/life balance. This book is an essential companion for K-12 school leaders and administrators, aspiring school leaders, and teacher trainers.

So much work, so little time... Life at work has never been busier, and it's easy to feel swamped by endless 'to-do' lists, half-written emails, and a constantly-ringing phone. If you want to take back control of your desk , prioritise your work and create more time to enjoy yourself, Manage your time is for you. Now fully revised and updated with a self-assessment quiz and step-by-step advice, this book will help you to avoid information overload, know when to throw things away, learn how to delegate, and get back on top of your inbox.

Successful Time Management is packed with proven tips and techniques to help you review and assess you time management and adopt new work practices to improve it. It includes great time-saving ideas, practical solutions and checklists, plus advice on: controlling paperwork; organizing your e-mail inbox; delegating and working with others; prioritizing to focus on key issues; getting and staying organized. Now in its thrid edition, this essential guide will help you minimize time-wasting and interruptions, and focus on the priority tasks that will lead to success in your job and career.

Do your most important work when you are your most resourceful Are you drowning in email? Overloaded with calendar invitations? Frustrated by wasteful meetings and an ever-growing workload? Then you know that being busy does not mean being productive. Most workers are being asked to take on more responsibilities with less support, advised to simply 'be innovative.' But you only have a finite amount of energy and thinking capacity available to you in a day. Most of us are wasting it on things that aren't contributing to our most important work: the activities that require problem solving, decision making and critical thinking. Developed for business professionals, The First Two Hours teaches you how to design your day, rather than be at the mercy of it. Using research on neuroscience, energy flow and the body's natural rhythms, it divides the workday into manageable blocks and helps you determine when you are most resourceful, and therefore when you should complete your most demanding tasks. Optimize your day in blocks of two hours Take back control of your work life by creating a workflow designed for you Do your most important work at the right time of day so it gets the resources it deserves Decide when you need to be 'on' and when you can be 'available' so you can maximise productivity In a time of near-constant information overload, this practical handbook helps you focus on getting done what you need to get done, when you are best able to do it. By learning to invest your energy strategically, you can be in the driver's seat every work day and achieve a level of productivity beyond what you thought possible.

"Everybody has struggled with time management. Often, we're so busy overthinking the past and worrying about the future that we forgo our enjoyment of the present. With this title, readers can learn how to maximize their time, eliminate stress, and reclaim their life. Penned by a stress and anger management specialist, the text is full of expert tips for coping with time-pressured situations, including managing homework and exam preparation. With more than twenty-five step-by-step exercises that cover key life skills, this inspiring guide will help readers defeat procrastination, improve their time management, and live happier, more fulfilled lives."