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Work Matters: Leadership - Embracing change

Management
The best way to deal with rapid developments in the sector is to be informed and keep lines of communication open with staff, says Sarah Presswood of George Perkins Day Nursery in Birmingham.

Recently, the early years sector has benefited greatly from increased levels of interest from a variety of sources. A few years ago it was never on any political agenda, but now hardly a week goes by without some high profile person commenting on how things should be improved, changed or developed. Early years settings need to keep abreast of these changes so they can benefit from this raised awareness and capitalise on any opportunities that are proposed and offered.

However, the downside to this new position is that sometimes you can feel as though there are too many demands to 'change'. The management challenge is in knowing which change to implement as a priority, and how to facilitate any change without causing disruption to the setting.

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