Being 10% Braver
Keziah Featherstone
- Headteacher and National Lead, WomenEd
Vivienne Porritt
- Co-founder of WomenEd, UK
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Description
Through the real-life stories of women leaders in education, drawn from across the #WomenEd community, this book offers guidance and inspiration on how to rise above challenging situations and find personal and professional growth. It's time to:
-Tackle imposter syndrome
-Know your worth
-Ask for what you need
-Call out unacceptable behavior
-Put yourself first when necessary
-Raise your voice until it's heard
It's time to own your journey and your story - it's time to become 10% braver.
Contents
Part 1: Braver in the workplace
- Chapter 1: Being 10% braver in Higher Education - Dorothy Newbury-Birch
- Chapter 2: Coffee, Calpol and co-headship - Claire Mitchell and Emma Turner
- Chapter 3: Taking the heat out of the menopause in the workplace - Michelle Cooke
- Chapter 4: Learning to dance in the rain - Clare Erasmus
- Chapter 5: Dynamic part-time leadership - Frances Aston
- Chapter 6: Making middle leadership count - Emily Rankin
- Chapter 7: Being a woman and a leader with a disability - Ruth Golding
- Chapter 8: Investing in ourselves as leaders: a guilty pleasure? - Kerry Jordan-Daus and Lacey Austin
Part 2: Advocating for others
- Chapter 9: When your partner is a female leader - Andy Mitchell
- Chapter 10: Stand by all women - Keziah Featherstone with Jon Chaloner, Vic Goddard, Dan Morrow and Malcolm Richards
- Chapter 11: If there isn’t a seat around the table, be the one who buys the chairs - Hilary Goldsmith
- Chapter 12: What governors can do to build inclusive workplaces - Lesley Dolben and Natalie de Silva
Part 3: Braving the change
- Chapter 13: Retirement is not a dirty word - Fiona McSorley
- Chapter 14: Returning to teaching and leadership after illness - Rachael Paget
- Chapter 15: Being an international school leader - Liz Free with Sue Aspinall, Ruth Barsby and Pauline O’Brien
- Chapter 16: A small fish in a big pond: educational leadership outside of a school environment - Lizana Oberholzer
- Chapter 17: Overcoming the challenges of a woman leader with a disability in education - Sharon McCormack
Part 4: Daring to be different
- Chapter 18: Being taken seriously as a young leader: Can I see your ID? - Gemma Sant
- Chapter 19: Why it’s ‘in’ to be an introverted leader? - Alex Fairlamb
- Chapter 20: Let me take you on a journey… - Jules Daulby
- Chapter 21: Walking Gaily Forward - Lisa Hannay
Part 5: Owning our bravery
- Chapter 22: Brave vulnerability - Debra Rutley
- Chapter 23: Being comfortable and authentic as an LGBT+ leader and role model - Claire Nicholls
- Chapter 24: Asylum - Felicity King
- Chapter 25: Slaying the dragon of imposter syndrome - Imogen Senior
- Chapter 26: Moving mindsets and failing forward - Jacinta Calzada-Mayronne and Melissa Egri-McCauley
Part 6: Tackling an unfair system
- Chapter 27: We can’t be what we can’t see: Make sure you’re not the one blocking the view - Penny Rabiger
- Chapter 28: What to do if you find yourself working for a bully - Beatus Magistra
- Chapter 29: Pregnant and screwed - Hannah Dalton and Kiran Mahil
- Chapter 30: Dealing with the motherhood penalty as a leader - Naomi Shenton
- Chapter 31: Time to say goodbye - Bukky Yusuf
- Chapter 32: Inspiring the future - Vivienne Porritt
Description
Through the real-life stories of women leaders in education, drawn from across the #WomenEd community, this book offers guidance and inspiration on how to rise above challenging situations and find personal and professional growth. It's time to:
-Tackle imposter syndrome
-Know your worth
-Ask for what you need
-Call out unacceptable behavior
-Put yourself first when necessary
-Raise your voice until it's heard
It's time to own your journey and your story - it's time to become 10% braver.
Contents
Part 1: Braver in the workplace
- Chapter 1: Being 10% braver in Higher Education - Dorothy Newbury-Birch
- Chapter 2: Coffee, Calpol and co-headship - Claire Mitchell and Emma Turner
- Chapter 3: Taking the heat out of the menopause in the workplace - Michelle Cooke
- Chapter 4: Learning to dance in the rain - Clare Erasmus
- Chapter 5: Dynamic part-time leadership - Frances Aston
- Chapter 6: Making middle leadership count - Emily Rankin
- Chapter 7: Being a woman and a leader with a disability - Ruth Golding
- Chapter 8: Investing in ourselves as leaders: a guilty pleasure? - Kerry Jordan-Daus and Lacey Austin
Part 2: Advocating for others
- Chapter 9: When your partner is a female leader - Andy Mitchell
- Chapter 10: Stand by all women - Keziah Featherstone with Jon Chaloner, Vic Goddard, Dan Morrow and Malcolm Richards
- Chapter 11: If there isn’t a seat around the table, be the one who buys the chairs - Hilary Goldsmith
- Chapter 12: What governors can do to build inclusive workplaces - Lesley Dolben and Natalie de Silva
Part 3: Braving the change
- Chapter 13: Retirement is not a dirty word - Fiona McSorley
- Chapter 14: Returning to teaching and leadership after illness - Rachael Paget
- Chapter 15: Being an international school leader - Liz Free with Sue Aspinall, Ruth Barsby and Pauline O’Brien
- Chapter 16: A small fish in a big pond: educational leadership outside of a school environment - Lizana Oberholzer
- Chapter 17: Overcoming the challenges of a woman leader with a disability in education - Sharon McCormack
Part 4: Daring to be different
- Chapter 18: Being taken seriously as a young leader: Can I see your ID? - Gemma Sant
- Chapter 19: Why it’s ‘in’ to be an introverted leader? - Alex Fairlamb
- Chapter 20: Let me take you on a journey… - Jules Daulby
- Chapter 21: Walking Gaily Forward - Lisa Hannay
Part 5: Owning our bravery
- Chapter 22: Brave vulnerability - Debra Rutley
- Chapter 23: Being comfortable and authentic as an LGBT+ leader and role model - Claire Nicholls
- Chapter 24: Asylum - Felicity King
- Chapter 25: Slaying the dragon of imposter syndrome - Imogen Senior
- Chapter 26: Moving mindsets and failing forward - Jacinta Calzada-Mayronne and Melissa Egri-McCauley
Part 6: Tackling an unfair system
- Chapter 27: We can’t be what we can’t see: Make sure you’re not the one blocking the view - Penny Rabiger
- Chapter 28: What to do if you find yourself working for a bully - Beatus Magistra
- Chapter 29: Pregnant and screwed - Hannah Dalton and Kiran Mahil
- Chapter 30: Dealing with the motherhood penalty as a leader - Naomi Shenton
- Chapter 31: Time to say goodbye - Bukky Yusuf
- Chapter 32: Inspiring the future - Vivienne Porritt
November 2020 | 224 pages | Sage UK
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 31/03/2026 | 9781529721973 | $52.00 |
| Hardcover | 31/03/2026 | 9781529721980 | $119.00 |
| 180 Day Ebook | 28/03/2023 | 9781529737974 | $30.00 |
| Lifetime | 28/03/2023 | 9781529737974 | $44.00 |
Through the real-life stories of women leaders in education, drawn from across the #WomenEd community, this book offers guidance and inspiration on how to rise above challenging situations and find personal and professional growth. It's time to:
-Tackle imposter syndrome
-Know your worth
-Ask for what you need
-Call out unacceptable behavior
-Put yourself first when necessary
-Raise your voice until it's heard
It's time to own your journey and your story - it's time to become 10% braver.
Table Of Contents:
- Part 1: Braver in the workplace
- Chapter 1: Being 10% braver in Higher Education
- Chapter 2: Coffee, Calpol and co-headship
- Chapter 3: Taking the heat out of the menopause in the workplace
- Chapter 4: Learning to dance in the rain
- Chapter 5: Dynamic part-time leadership
- Chapter 6: Making middle leadership count
- Chapter 7: Being a woman and a leader with a disability
- Chapter 8: Investing in ourselves as leaders: a guilty pleasure?
- Part 2: Advocating for others
- Chapter 9: When your partner is a female leader
- Chapter 10: Stand by all women
- Chapter 11: If there isn’t a seat around the table, be the one who buys the chairs
- Chapter 12: What governors can do to build inclusive workplaces
- Part 3: Braving the change
- Chapter 13: Retirement is not a dirty word
- Chapter 14: Returning to teaching and leadership after illness
- Chapter 15: Being an international school leader
- Chapter 16: A small fish in a big pond: educational leadership outside of a school environment
- Chapter 17: Overcoming the challenges of a woman leader with a disability in education
- Part 4: Daring to be different
- Chapter 18: Being taken seriously as a young leader: Can I see your ID?
- Chapter 19: Why it’s ‘in’ to be an introverted leader?
- Chapter 20: Let me take you on a journey…
- Chapter 21: Walking Gaily Forward
- Part 5: Owning our bravery
- Chapter 22: Brave vulnerability
- Chapter 23: Being comfortable and authentic as an LGBT+ leader and role model
- Chapter 24: Asylum
- Chapter 25: Slaying the dragon of imposter syndrome
- Chapter 26: Moving mindsets and failing forward
- Part 6: Tackling an unfair system
- Chapter 27: We can’t be what we can’t see: Make sure you’re not the one blocking the view
- Chapter 28: What to do if you find yourself working for a bully
- Chapter 29: Pregnant and screwed
- Chapter 30: Dealing with the motherhood penalty as a leader
- Chapter 31: Time to say goodbye
- Chapter 32: Inspiring the future