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Difficult Conversations
October 14, 2014
In the hands of our neighbor, the morsel always appears big.
-Russian Proverb

In What You Need to Lead an Early Childhood Program, Holly Elissa Bruno describes three powerful concepts for being effective in difficult conversations:

  1. Rather than waste time arguing over who should win, devote energy to understanding and accepting that each of us sees the world through different eyes.
  2. Compromise often results in "unfinished business" and resentment.  Aim instead for a deeper solution that honors each person's values.
  3. If we look deep enough, we will find a point of agreement between the opposing parties. 

 

 

 

 

 

 





What You Need to Lead an Early Childhood Program

What You Need to Lead an Early Childhood Program: Emotional Intelligence in Practice is the first and only early childhood leadership book anchored in what matters most: the art and science of building relationships. Emotional intelligence is the ability to read people as well as you read books and to know how to use that information wisely. Each chapter begins with a case study that features richly complex, everyday challenges facing early childhood program directors. Alongside case studies are theory and principles, pointers and problem-solving steps to help you practice and hone your leadership skills.

  • Part I — Forming: Setting Up the Program and Yourself for Success
  • Part II — Storming: Identifying, Preventing, and Addressing Resistance to Change
  • Part III — Norming: Establishing Management Systems
  • Part IV — Performing: Putting Principles into Practice
  • Part V — Re-Forming: Renewing, Refreshing, Dreaming of What Might Be

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