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Your Staff Members Are Not “Perfect”

One the most challenging things that I have ever done was  to supervise employees. In fact, to get away from supervising staff (in the past), I have even hired an Assistant Director to directly work with my staff.

However, I must say that as a Center Owner, I can never really get away from supervising my staff, because they look forward to my feedback.

I  motivated to write this blog post, because several days before writing this post; I found myself questioning  my staff supervision abilities. In fact,  As I ended my business day; I asked myself the following questions:

  • Am I really getting what I want from my employees?
  • Do they really know what I expect?
  • Am I assertive enough?
  • Am I too assertive?
  • Am I being too controlling?
  • Am I being too flexible with my staff?

Furthermore, after asking myself all of the questions above and some questions that I did not mention; I realized that I was being too hard on myself and the staff.

After reflecting on how I deal with my staff and having a long talk with a colleague, I discovered that I was so frustrated because of the following reasons:

  1. I am a Leader not a supervisor. Leaders empower and inspire and supervisors manage people. Moreover, managing people is impossible and that is why it is frustrating for me and many other Child Care Business Owners sometimes.
  2. I was looking for perfection and not progress.
  3. I was too focused on “me” and not how I can empower my staff to do an excellent job
  4. My attitude was wrong!

I hope that my experience has inspired you to not stress over minor staff issues, but seek to empower your staff to do their best and strive to show progress or even exceed your expectations.

Please, know that I am not suggesting that you tolerate a lack of performance, but I do want to encourage you to keep things in perspective and approach every situation with an attitude of gratitude.

Moreover, I have decided to look for progress not, perfection. Also, I must say that I have a great team; my staff members are positive, they come to work everyday (on-time), they respect me as a leader and they love working with the children.

In summary, I want to share with you, 3- tips that a mentor shared with me in my early days of managing employees and they are as follows:

  • Choose your battles wisely
  • Let it Go!
  • You can’t control the actions of others

With Your Child Care Business in mind,

Shiketa

Resources That Will Empower You to Be an Effective Leader

3 Books that every leader must read

The 21- Day Master Mind eClub

Director’s Handbook

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Administration, Business Management, Employee Management, Staffing

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5 Easy Ways to Build Enrollment With Your Business Cards

Building Enrollment one Business Card at a time….

Have you ever found yourself at the grocery store or at an event and someone asked you for one of your business cards and you replied, ” I do not have any business cards with me.”

Carrying your business cards with you at all times is a great way to help spread the word about your business and most importantly, help to build your enrollment.

Today I am going to share with you 5 easy ways to build enrollment with your business cards.

1. Give your parents one of your business cards every week with their payment receipt and on the back of the card, write: ” Refer a friend and earn $____ off of one week of tuition.”

2. Attach a business card to your employees paycheck and offer a bonus when they tell others about your program.

3. Offer your family members an incentive for sharing your business card with their friends or neighbors.

4. Ask local business owners if you can display your business cards (attached to a parent article) in their business and offer to display business cards of local businesses in your home or center.

5. Keep a stack of business cards on you at all times and be sure to offer a discount on the back of your card.

I look forward to reading your thoughts about this post and most of all, please be sure to share any successes with me!

For more tips on how to improve your business management skills, you must check out the 21-Day Mastermind eclub or the Family Home Empowerment Club.

To Your Success,

Shiketa

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Business Management, Enrollment Building, Marketing

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