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*Eco-friendly Child Care
*Eco-friendly Child CareCreating an Eco-friendly Child Care is a smart decision that will boost your child care marketing efforts and it's an easy way to impact the lives of the children, your staff, parents and, of course, you! Hester Dooley, National Program Manager for Eco-Healthy Child Care, joins us to share easy ways to go green in your child care program. Through her efforts children throughout the nation benefit from the reduction of harmful environmental toxins in child care facilities. . . . keep reading


Emotions At Work: Gold Member Audio
Emotional hijacking is an important concept to understand. Any child care director who wants to be effective needs to understand how their emotions can become hijacked by situations that arise. Situations such staff members calling out sick or a conflict with a customer. When you react in a way that is negative, you have been emotionally hijacked. . . . keep reading


*Effective Interviewing: Gold Member Audio
*Effective Interviewing: Gold Member Audio
Child Care Director's Guide to Effective Interviewing. You'll discover: 4 success strategies for effectively hiring quality child care staff, 5 hidden personality traits, 7 questions to help you determine if a candidate is the right fit for your team and 3 ways child care directors and owners can generate excitement and attract new employees. . . .
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The Staff Motivation Retreat For Child Care Directors
How would you like to receive a step-by-step plan of action to help you manage, motivate and retain great staff?  Would you like to discover what exactly is keeping your team stuck and what you can start doing right away to make your task of motivating your staff a joyous journey?  Child care directors, you're invited to join us for a live event and gain an experience that just might possibly change your life.

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Child Care Directors and Owners Struggle With Collecting Tuition: Conference Call
If you're like many child care directors and owners who struggle with collecting tuition, listen in as several experts give you their advice for making the process easy. You'll discover 9 strategies for collecting tuition and how to get over the mental blocks associated with asking people for money. . . . keep reading


Legal Issues Child Care Directors and Owners Face: Audio
"Today, child care directors and owners are required to navigate through a maze of regulatory and statutory law, which may not only be confusing but also conflicting based upon differing regulatory and judicial interpretation. For example, inconsistent interpretation of state licensure regulations may stifle a child care center's ability to conduct its business." -- Randall Strause . . . keep reading


Motivation by Carrot & Stick: Video
Most of us believe that the best way to motivate ourselves and others is with external rewards like money and threats (of losing money or a job, etc.) -- it's motivation by carrot-and-stick. Only one problem with the carrot-and-stick method of motivation. It's completely outdated and no longer works. . . . keep reading


Article: Child Care Directors - Be Your Best Boss
Julie Bartkus
What can you learn from your best boss? And what can you learn from your worst boss? If you were to make a 2-column list right now that included the best qualities and worst qualities of the supervisors that you've had, what would be on your list? . . . keep reading


*Communicating Difficult Information: Gold Member Audio
*Communicating Difficult Information: Gold Member AudioA true story: It happened the first day I started my new job as a director at a preschool. My first appointment was with a problem parent and boy did I have some difficult information to communicate. Can you relate to this situation? How would you handle it? Karen Trujillo-Heffernan knows the ins and outs of dealing with difficult situations in the child care industry. She joins us to share success strategies for communicating difficult information. . . . keep reading


*Incentive Programs: Gold Member Audio
*Incentive Programs: Gold Member Audio
Have you ever felt "the vibe" that an organization projects when you walk through the door? Perhaps it was an overwhelmingly positive feeling when you walked into a hotel or perhaps it was a gut wrenching negative feeling when you entered a local super market. I've experienced both and I always walk away asking myself: Why did you feel that way about your experience with that organization? Cindy Ventrice joins us to share proven techniques for generating "good vibes" through implementing low-cost and no-cost employee incentive programs. . . .
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