Leading People in Early Childhood Settings CD Book

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What makes a good leader, anyway? What skills are important when leading an early childhood organization?

This Exchange CD Book offers an inspiring collection of 50 articles in PDF format offering a plethora of practical ideas and strategies for meeting the challenges of leadership in an early childhood setting:

Table of Contents

• Leadership Basics
1. What is a Leader, Anyway? by Marianne Jones
2. The Visionary Director: Going for Bigger Dreams by Margie Carter
3. Who's the Boss? by Kathy Pillow-Price
4. Learn Leading for Authenticity by Nadine L. McCrea
5. Nurturing Our Professional Lives by Margie Carter
6. Who do You Think You Are? by Donna Rafanello
• Leadership Challenges
1. Are You a Codependent Director? by Anne M. Broussard
2. Do You Have Delegation-Phobia? by Roger Neugebauer
3. Building and Rebuilding Your Credibility by Roger Neugebauer
4. When You Are the New Director - Finding Your Way with Staff by Linda Riepe
5. When the Director Is a Man by Dennis Reynolds
6. The Paradoxes of Leadership by Bonnie and Roger Neugebauer
7. Letters to a Child Care Director by James Levine
8. I Was Such A Fabulous Teacher, What Happened? by Kate Duffy
9. Thinking About Your Successor by Paula Jorde Bloom
10. Okay, Now That We've Hired Them... Management Maxims by Dennis Vicars
• Supervisory Basics
1. Who Made Me Boss? by Gigi Taylor Schweikert
2. How Did You Manage That? A Closer Look at Staff Guidance by Pauline Davey Zeece
3. Do Unto Teachers As You Would Have Teachers Do Unto Children by Cynthia Beal
4. Supervising or Coaching - What's the Difference? by Margie Carter
5. Managing Teacher Performance While Walking Around by Kay Albrecht
6. Who Owns This Problem Anyway? by Jane Harris
7. The Paradoxes of Leadership by Bonnie and Roger Neugebauer
8. Professionalism: The Missing Ingredient for Excellence in the Workplace by M. Parker Anderson
9. Is Managing by Wandering Around Still Relevant? by Terrie M. Buckner
• Meeting Staff Needs
1. What Do Teachers Need Most From Their Directors? by Margie Carter
2. Why Do They Stay? by Susan Catapano
3. Minimizing the Impact of Staff Changes by Cathy Abraham
4. Imagine! Child Care - A Great Place for Teachers, Too by Peggy Haack, Angie Roberson, and Rosemarie Vardell
5. Recruiting and Retaining Men in Your Center by Roger Neugebauer
6. Taking Care of Caregivers: Wellness for Every Body by Susan S. Aronson, MD
• Motivating Staff
1. 12 Reasons People Love to Work for You by Roger Neugebauer
2. 28 Fun Ideas to Motivate Your Staff by Sandy Roberts
3. Helping Teachers Love Their Work by Lynn T. Hill
4. Effective Communication - The Mortar That Holds the Team Together by Paula Jorde Bloom
5. Motivating Staff by Sue Baldwin
6. You Gotta Catch Fire Before You Can Burn Out by James Strickland and Dr. Stuart Reynolds
• Managing Difficult People
1. Would You Like to Get Along With Difficult People? Pick a Number by Karen Talley
2. Understanding and Managing Negativity in the Workplace by Linda Riepe
3. Working Effectively With Different Personality Types by Diana Khanagov
4. Your Workplace: An Emotional Battlefield? by Beth Swain
5. Countering Center Gossip by Margaret Leitch Copeland and Holly Elissa Bruno
6. Coping With the Chronic Complainer by Roger Neugebauer
7. When Friction Flares - Dealing with Staff Conflict by Roger Neugebauer
8. Putting Out the Fires of Conflict by Christine L. Gillan
9. How to Help Your Staff Cope with Conflict by Tom Copeland, JD
• Managing Difficult Issues
1. Crossing the Generational Divide by Patricia Scallan-Berl
2. Moving Staff Through Difficult Issues by Margie Carter and Ann Pelo
3. Helping Employees Cope with Change by Lorrain Schrag, Elyssa Nelson, and Tedi Siminowsky
4. Healing Staff After a Termination by Diana S. Khanagov
5. The Exit Interview: A Tool for Program Improvement by Glenn Olsen
6. Overcoming the Fear of Firing - Ideas from 30 Directors

Trainers and Faculty...
...this is the perfect resource for supplementing a text or creating your own curriculum.

Directors and Administrators...
...this is your tool for self evaluation or down-to-earth advice just when you need it the most.