The Visionary Director

10/06/2008

Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.
John Lennon

One of the 50 articles in the just released Exchange CD Book, Leading People in Early Childhood Settings, is Margie Carter's article, "The Visionary Director: Going for Bigger Dreams." In this article, Carter observes...

"Guiding early childhood programs with a vision requires more than management skills. A manager is focused on the people, problems, and tasks at hand, using technical skills to address them. Beyond that, working with a vision requires developing oneself into a leader who inspires others to participate in and expand the vision.

"An early childhood director who is a leader, of course, attends to management concerns, but she or he brings these concerns into a group focus through vision building. In describing the dimensions of leadership, Linda Espinosa, someone in our profession who embodies these qualities, says, 'Leaders are those who provoke or nudge or elevate others into thinking, feeling, or behaving in ways they would not otherwise have demonstrated.'

"Growing your leadership goes hand in hand with growing a vision for your program."

Leadership Articles Galore

The new Exchange CD Book, Leading People in Early Childhood Settings, is now available for purchase. The CD includes 50 Exchange articles addressing the following topics:

Leadership Basics
Leadership Challenges
Supervisory Basics
Meeting Staff Needs
Motivating Staff
Managing Difficult People
Managing Difficult Issues

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