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Developing leadership in the early years
The critical role that excellent leadership plays in the success of an early years setting and its children and families is becoming increasingly apparent. As a leader, it is important that you develop not only your own skills, but the leadership skills of your entire team. This can include coaching and mentoring, reviewing your leadership structure or looking at performance management. If you want to make positive changes in your leadership team, the information in this section is designed for you.
Publications
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Children's centre leaders: leading the system - knowledge capture event
Details of the workshops that took place at the Leading the System event in March 2009 for children's centre leaders -
Children's centre leaders: leading the system
Summary of the Leading the System event that took place for children's centre leaders in March 2009
Interactive resources
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How to conduct a performance review meeting
A practical framework to ensure that conversation flows naturally and there is a sense of direction and progress in your performance review meetings -
Rewarding good performance
Explore the many different ways you can reward good performance in your team -
How well do I support performance management?
Self-assessment tool to help managers assess how well they support the organisation's performance management procedures -
Performance management overview
Explore how different performance management tools can be combined to create an effective performance management system -
Understanding the benefits of performance appraisals
A short exercise to introduce the principles and benefits of a performance management system to your team
Articles
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Leading the System 2009
National College resources: report, workshop details and video highlights from the Leading the System 2009 conference. -
Knowing the business
National College resources: a practical online guide to help children's centre leaders explore and understand their business and their leadership skills, expectations and responsibilities.
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