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Rewriting Leadership: How Kind Leaders Shape the Future
This Microcourse explores how kindness can redefine leadership in schools, challenging the misconception that it is a sign of weakness rather than a source of strength.
Designed for current and aspiring school leaders, it introduces the CHASE framework - Communication, Honesty, Accountability, Self-esteem and Ego awareness - as a practical approach to building trust, strengthening relationships and shaping positive school cultures.
Drawing on research from psychology, leadership theory and neuroscience, it examines how kind leadership supports psychological safety, improves wellbeing and drives high performance. Key themes include leading with clarity and compassion, balancing accountability with empathy, and embedding values into everyday practice, all grounded in real-world application and actionable leadership insight.
Meet the Course Presenter
Designed for current and aspiring school leaders, it introduces the CHASE framework - Communication, Honesty, Accountability, Self-esteem and Ego awareness - as a practical approach to building trust, strengthening relationships and shaping positive school cultures.
Drawing on research from psychology, leadership theory and neuroscience, it examines how kind leadership supports psychological safety, improves wellbeing and drives high performance. Key themes include leading with clarity and compassion, balancing accountability with empathy, and embedding values into everyday practice, all grounded in real-world application and actionable leadership insight.
Meet the Course Presenter
About the Creator
Joanna Povall is the Principal of Wales International School, Abu Dhabi, UAE. She has over 25 years of leadership in the UK, France and the UAE. Alongside working as a Principal, she supports school improvement around the world in her role as a Lead Improvement Partner for the Council of British International Schools. She is an advocate of kindness as a powerful leadership tool that transforms school culture, raises morale, and strengthens professional relationships. Joanna was awarded TES International Principal of the Year in 2024, and her CHASE Kindness framework of leadership was shortlisted for the TES International School Staff Wellbeing Initiative of the Year in 2025.