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Winning as a Leader in the Business of Child Care

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Winning in the business of childcare solely depends on you and your ability to lead your team effectively. Let me ask you several questions? Do you feel that you are getting results as a Leader? Are you frustrated as a Leader? If so, I believe this article will give you the inspiration that you need to win as a Leader.

I can remember having many frustrating days as a leader until I focused on growing as a Leader. In fact, my Child Care Business did not grow until I grew as a Leader and took the time to invest in my team.

I’m currently reading a book by Jack Welch, titled Winning. Mr. Welch was the former CEO of General Electric, and he led the company to success for over 40-years.

Mr. Welch’s book was in my 2024 to read book pile in my home office and I must say this book has truly inspired the way that I lead my team. I started reading, Jack Welch book, Winning, this past Friday and I must say this book is loaded with business wisdom.

In fact, on the front of the book, there’s a quote by Warren Buffet and it reads: ” No other management book will ever be needed.”

Moreover, As I scrolled through the table of contents, I browsed for chapters specifically on Leadership topics, because I’m always looking to improve my leadership skills.

I discovered that Mr. Welch wrote a chapter on Leadership titled, It’s not Just about You. In that chapter he listed 8 things that leaders do in order to win in Business, and they are as follows:

  1. Upgrade your team and use every encounter to evaluate, coach and build self confidence in your team.
  2. Make sure your team not only see the vision, but they also live and breathe it.
  3. Get into your teams skin, exuding positive energy and enthusiam.
  4. Establish Trust with candor, transparency and credit.
  5. Have the courage to make unpopular decisions and gut calls.
  6. Probe and push with curiosity and make sure question are answered with action.
  7. Inspire risk taking and learning by setting example.
  8. Celebrate your successes!

I hope that you have been inspired to Win as a Child Care Business Leader, most of all, inspired to Win in the Business of Child Care! Please share your thoughts by leaving a comment below.

Shiketa Morgan

Grab your Copy of my Book, The Business of Child Care.

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Leadership, Staffing

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Setting Goals Will Bring Life To Your Business

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As I write this blog post, I am in my bed preparing for my upcoming leadership meeting with my center directors. Every week we read a book or an article that inspires us all to Grow. This week’s article is an excert from a book that we are reading titled, The art of Leading by The Child Care Exchange.

The article that we are reading asks the question, Are you operating a Center or a Organization? Also, the article inspired me to delegate more and inspired me to consider setting a 5 year plan for my center.

At the beginning of 2024, I celebrated 25 years in business. In fact, I began to reflect on whether or not we have reached our peak or if we should still be building or not.

After reading that article mentioned above, and writing a 5 year plan for my center, I’m reminded that goal setting will bring life to your business.

Furthermore, As I wrote the 5 year plan for my Atlanta location, I literally felt life go back into the business!

When you’ve operated a business for over 20 years, you can easily get bored and lose vision. However, I want to inspire you to create a 5 year plan for your childcare business and bring life to your business again!

Feel free to share how this blog post inspired you!

Dr. Shiketa Morgan

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Business Management, Child Care Center, Child Care Organizations, child safety

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