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Category Archives: Performance Management Skills
The Key to Solving Problems…
A two-step process for solving problems and managing situations that inevitably occur in a workplace. Continue reading
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Your Leadership Style…
Your leadership style plays a role in creating a climate where people want to do their best. If this is important to you, read on and give some thought to developing a leadership style that fits you and your early childhood program.
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Leading by Example…
Directors, how are you preparing for the next school year? I’ll share what worked for me throughout my career – and by design, my teachers, parents, and children! Read on …
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Organizing Your Workspace…
In addition to organizing your day and eliminating stress and a sense of chaos, there is another potential distraction to think about. Your workspace! Continue reading
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Using Blocks of Time to Plan Your Workdays…
If you are not already using “blocks of time” to schedule your regular work tasks, this is the post to read! It will save your sanity, your energy, and your overall effectiveness as director of your children’s center. Continue reading
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A Gift for You…
Two books that present the full picture of a woman’s life – the life we present to the world (our careers) and the life we keep for ourselves (our inner journeys). Powerful. Continue reading
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Your First Days as Director
Where to begin? What must I think about? What must I plan? What must I do? in order to set the tone, build our team, and create a quality program for the children and their parents? Lots to consider – in the first days as Director. Read on for tried and true guidance … that works.
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Great Summer Reading…
What I bring to this book is a wealth of hands-on, real-life experience, humor, and common sense. I know the life of the education/business director. I have lived it. I know the problems and pitfalls and the solutions and strategies to avoid them. I’ve learned a lot because I have built four unique early childhood programs in my career. I am pleased to share with you.
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The Delicate Balance Between Work and Life
Most of us today have both a career and a family, which easily doubles the hundreds of details we must manage every day. How can we do it all and balance the demands of our work and of our life? Read on… Continue reading
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Beyond the Book—Strategies for Weathering the Storms of Change
In my work as director of several early childhood programs, one of the important lessons I learned was that the only constant was change! Anticipating it; working through it; and learning and growing because of it were valuable leadership lessons – that I now pass on to you! Continue reading
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