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An open management that encourages teamwork and progress is the key to a nursery's success, says Siobhan Wilks, founder of Childcare Business Solutions Attracting and retaining the right person for your team is essential to your success. Why, then, do some employers fail in their responsibility to provide a thorough induction, training and rewarding experience for new talent? All too quickly new employees may find themselves in a role that bears little or no resemblance to the job they applied for.

Attracting and retaining the right person for your team is essential to your success. Why, then, do some employers fail in their responsibility to provide a thorough induction, training and rewarding experience for new talent? All too quickly new employees may find themselves in a role that bears little or no resemblance to the job they applied for.

The small nursery as well as the large nursery chain can fall foul of this practice. If the nursery just has to get someone into place to cover staff ratios, to pacify anxious parents or to cope with increasing numbers of children as the business expands, the new member of staff is quickly deployed. This type of organisational mismanagement usually leads to de-motivation, absenteeism and a high turnover of nursery staff.

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