5 Reasons We Need to Stop Sending Future Leaders to Boarding School

Prince George is set to attend Eton College, continuing a long tradition of future leaders being educated in elite boarding schools.But is this really the best way to prepare someone for leadership in the 21st century?In this episode of An Evolving Man Podcast, I explore five reasons why we need to stop sending our future leaders to boarding school.Drawing on modern leadership literature, boarding school syndrome research, attachment theory and the work of writers such as Nick Duffell, Joy Schaverien, Sue Gerhardt, Richard Beard, Louise Champion, Daniel Goleman, Antonio Damasio, Kouzes and Posner, I ask whether boarding school really creates the qualities we need in leaders today.We explore:• Why great leadership needs love• Why boarding school often teaches children to live without love• How emotional repression affects decision-making• Why emotional intelligence matters more than ever in leadership• How boarding school separates future leaders from the people they will one day lead• Why secure attachment supports a flexible brain• Why resilience is not the same as dissociation• The difference between confidence and a survival mask• Why command-and-control leadership is no longer enough• Why future leaders need compassion, connection and emotional maturityThis is not simply about Prince George.It is about what kind of leaders we want to create.If we continue sending future leaders into environments where love, vulnerability, emotional expression and ordinary human connection are removed, should we be surprised when those leaders later struggle with empathy, intimacy, transparency and care?The future needs emotionally intelligent leaders.Leaders who can listen.Leaders who can feel.Leaders who can connect.Leaders who understand the people they are here to serve.#BoardingSchoolSyndrome #Leadership #EmotionalIntelligence #Eton #PrinceGeorge #BoardingSchoolTrauma #CompassionateLeadership #FutureLeadersTimestamps00:00 Introduction00:35 Prince George, Eton and future leadership01:10 Why this conversation matters01:55 The five reasons we need to rethink boarding school02:45 Reason 1: Great leadership needs love04:20 Boarding school and the absence of love05:25 Reason 2: Emotional repression06:30 Why leaders need emotional information07:15 Reason 3: Separation from those they will lead08:05 Reason 4: Secure attachment and the flexible brain09:15 Reason 5: Confidence, resilience and dissociation10:35 Why command-and-control leadership is no longer enough11:10 Final reflections and invitation to comment---Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems. He also runs online men's groups for ex-boarders, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man. He is also the author of How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times. To purchase Piers first book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Survive-Thrive-Challenging-Times/dp/B088T5L251/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=piers+cross&qid=1609869608&sr=8-1 For more videos please visit: http://youtube.com/pierscross For FB: https://www.facebook.com/pierscrosspublic For Piers' website and a free training How To Find Peace In Everyday Life: https://www.piers-cross.com/community Many blessings, Piers Cross http://piers-cross.com/