Am I Cut Out for This? An Educational Leader’s Guide to Navigating Self-Doubt

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"It's not that grad school was useless, exactly. It's just that I have a few notes. Sure, learning about leadership theory was cool, but the syllabus seemed to be missing a few things. Where was the seminar on handling an angry mob? On working with your bullying boss? On promoting someone else's unpopular plan?"

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Introduction: Doubt Comes Naturally; Confidence Takes Work

Chapter 1. The Jittery Innovator

Chapter 2. The Empty Empathizer

Chapter 3. The Punching Bag

Chapter 4. The Struggling Salesperson

About the authors

Elizabeth Dampf is a practicing administrator in the Chicagoland area, where she has served at both building and district levels. She wrote several print articles in Educational Leadership and regularly contributes to the ASCD blog. Elizabeth has also spoken on several podcasts, including Leaning into Leadership and Principal Liner Notes.

Her conference presentations include "It's About HOW, Not WHAT: Rethinking Professional Learning Systems in a Time of Scarcity, Tension, and Turnover" (Large Unit District Association, 2023), "Responding to Staff Turnover with Guaranteed PD Systems" (Illinois Association of School Boards Joint Annual Conference, 2023), and "Worthwhile Walk-Throughs" and "Engaging with Mentors to Improve Teacher Effectiveness" (Learning Forward Annual Conference, 2019).