Featuring Hillary Harris

Propel Your Staff Out of Old Mindsets! Today you can discover how to help your staff think about abundance even when resources are extremely limited. Today you can generate excitement and enthusiasm for your vision and what you would like to accomplish in the child care industry. Begin a more prosperous journey in your life and child care program today.

What does prosperity mean to you? What does it look like? What does it feel like? These are questions I asked child care leaders in more than 30 different child care programs. Some of the responses related to having more money to invest in resources for children, staff and parents while other responses related to a feeling of enthusiastic involvement from parents, staff and the community.

On this issue of the Leadership Connection we're answering the following questions:

• Why is having a prosperous mindset so important for child care leaders?
   
• How can an organization be prosperous if resources are limited?
   
• How can leaders begin the process of creating a prosperous child care program?
   
• What are the most common challenges people face when it comes to creating prosperity?
   
• Are there ways to know if someone has a prosperous mindset when you first meet (Like during a job interview)?
   
• How can you align your team in a prosperous direction?
   
• How can you propel yourself and team members out of old mindsets?
   
• What are the day-to-day must dos to create a prosperous life?

Gold members of the Leadership Connection will receive:

*A CD featuring the answers to all of the questions above, a team building activity and staff appreciation idea.

*A complimentary 30-minute coaching session with our prosperity expert.

*Instant access to this website featuring this topic and over 50 others to help you manage, motivate and retain great staff in your child care program. ********************************************************

Here's a short clip from our prosperity expert, Hillary Harris. Click the > button to start playing the audio.

Listen to this entire audio program.

How do your colleagues define prosperity?

"A prosperous child care program is a program that gives the feeling that needs are being met. A stable financial foundation allows for supplying staff and children with the necessary materials and resources to provide activities and enrichment to the children; and to provide incentives to staff to make them feel appreciated. A prosperous program is alive with creativity that comes from enough space, materials, and well-trained staff. A prosperous program gives a sense of richness and solidness that comes from committed staff with little turnover and close relationships with families and children over the course of years. A prosperous program opens doors to possibilities and has a feeling of growth and challenge. A prosperous program creates electricity that is self generating- it attracts positive influences and the success that comes from staying focused on high quality care for children and meeting the needs of the community in which you live." Director

"ENERGY! Happy, productive people working in a clean, inviting environment. It LOOKS like a place that exudes a positive approach, it FEELS warm and nurturing and creative, and what's HAPPENING is people want to be there...staff and parents alike. The $$ will follow for monetary prosperity." Director

Read all responses. They will inspire you!