Being 10% Braver

Keziah Featherstone - Headteacher and National Lead, WomenEd
Vivienne Porritt - Co-founder of WomenEd, UK
Being 10% Braver
November 2020 | 224 pages | Sage 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
  • 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

Resources

Porritt & Featherstone CWS

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
  • 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

Resources

Porritt & Featherstone CWS

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

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