Emotions influence the cognition, motivation, and behavior of an individual. However, the role of leaders’ emotions in navigating organizational change remains relatively underexplored. This study examines the role of emotions in educational leadership during a period of organizational crisis through a case study analysis of an assistant superintendent who successfully used emotional awareness to confront challenges and facilitate positive change. The findings, which reveal the effective use of emotional responses to promote positive organizational change, provide guidance for educational leadership preparatory programs which must cultivate future leaders’ emotional regulation skills. This study addresses a notable gap in the literature by examining a leader’s effective employment of self-awareness, emotional management, and emotional impact for meaning-making in order to navigate organizational change.

情绪会影响个人的认知，动机和行为。但是，领导者的情绪在组织变革中的作用还没有得到充分的探索。本研究通过案例研究分析了助理领导者成功运用情感意识来应对挑战并促进积极变革的过程，从而分析了组织危机期间情绪在教育领导中的作用。这项发现揭示了有效利用情感反应来促进积极的组织变革的结果，为必须培养未来领导者的情绪调节技能的教育领导力准备计划提供了指导。这项研究通过考察领导者有效运用自我意识，情绪管理，