Educational Leadership in Times of Crisis: Some Lessons From the Biography of the Duke of Wellington (66127)
Session Chair: Izhar Oplatka
Saturday, January 7, 2023 (14:45)
Session: Session 4
Room: 317A
Presentation Type:Oral Presentation
Background
The Duke of Wellington was a great military commander who fought on many battlefields, including the Peninsula war and the battle of Waterloo. During a series of battles from 1808 to 1814, Wellington coped successfully with triumphs and defeats, conquers and retreats, hopes and frustrations.
Purpose
(1) To illuminate the ways in which Wellington coped successfully with crises on the battlefield.
(2) To provide educational leaders with mechanisms to face the next crisis and to cope with its dire consequences.
Value
Despite major differences between armies and schools, when it comes to crisis, leaders from different occupational and organizational sectors may face similar challenges and implications (e.g., uncertainty, threats).
Methods
'Biographical research' that enables studying a leader's personal characteristics and behaviors and their underlying values, attitudes, motivation, beliefs and environmental contexts.
Findings
Wellington's flexible thinking, understanding of the 'land', courage, accessibility, mental agility, and high planning skills helped him to beat the French army in different battles.
Conclusions
• Flexible thinking and open-mindedness enable the educational leader to find innovative strategies and solutions to uncertain, changing circumstances.
• Resource mobilization is important, because confronting the crisis requires innovative responses and procedures as well as new human resources and expertise.
• Educational leaders should be accessible to teachers, students and stakeholders as a way to decrease negative emotions and increase organizational commitment, particularly in times of crisis.
Authors:
Izhar Oplatka, Tel Aviv University, Israel
About the Presenter(s)
Professor Izhar Oplatka is a University Professor/Principal Lecturer at Tel Aviv University in Israel
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