Work-life balance

Headteachers and other school leaders face countless pressures on their time, and it can be easy to let work interfere with other areas of life. These resources uncover the origins of these pressures and offer strategies for improving the all-important work-life balance.

Publications

Maintaining a work life balance
Maintaining a work-life balance as headteacher of an an inner-city secondary school in Liverpool, Broadgreen High.

Interactive resources

Work-life balance
Good Practice resources covering a number of issues related to work-life balance
Using energy and focus to overcome busyness
Discover how truly effective people maintain high focus and energy by managing themselves and their workloads
Top tips for tackling employee burnout
Tips to help you effectively tackle burnout, a state of long-term fatigue relating to excessive work pressure
Do you know when to say no?
This interactive self-assessment will reveal whether you are a doormat or a force to be reckoned with

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