A reader aimed at undergraduate, post-graduate and MBA students taking a module in Change Management. It brings together a collection of highly-cited articles on change and will provide core reading for any change management course from undergraduate to postgraduate and MBA.

The Principles and Practice of Change

Business & Money

Price, Deborah

Management & Leadership

Red Globe Press

Supporting Young Children Experiencing Loss and Grief: A Practical Guide

Barnard, Clair

Parenting & Relationships

Routledge

Supporting Young Children Experiencing Loss and Grief

How a staff team works together and how effective and cohesive they are impacts significantly on the children that they care for as well as having implications for the general early years practice and the success of the business of the setting. Drawing together theory and practice this book provides comprehensive guidance on recruiting, supervising and leading an early years team in line with the most recent national guidance. Focusing on all aspects of leading and supporting a team, the book aims to inspire managers and increase their confidence. It looks at the day-to-day demands of running a setting and the reflective thinking that is needed to establish a vision for a team. The authors consider the skills needed to lead and support a team and offers practical guidance on: <ul>
<li>recruitment, induction, ongoing staff training and supervision</li> <li>disciplinary processes including handling difficult conversations, refocusing a team after a critical incident</li> <li>staff relationships with parents and other professionals</li> <li>involving the team in problem solving and implementing change</li> <li>engaging with the community</li> <li>how to get support for yourself as a manager</li> </ul>
This book will be invaluable support for both new and experienced managers wanting to establish a cohesive and dynamic staff team and provide outstanding childcare provision.

Leading and Supporting Early Years Teams: A practical guide

Education & Teaching

Ota, Cathy

Schools & Teaching

Leading and Supporting Early Years Teams: A practical guide (David Fulton Books)

Love's Last Act is a practical guide to planning end-of-life care, for yourself and your loved ones. This book lays out how to talk with your family and doctor, and how to document your wishes so all involved are equipped to fulfill your desires until you die.From acute care to hospice care, from advance directives to DNR orders, what to do, when to do it, and how to do it are all lovingly addressed. Deb Price provides the step by step approach you need to die your way. Without such planning, you and your loved ones risk feeling heartbreaking guilt and regret instead of loving comfort at the end of life. We all can be more in control of our own lives until our last breath. Planning for death is the ultimate last act of love, for ourselves and for those we love.

Love's Last Act: Planning a Peaceful Death With No Regrets

Deborah Price

Lgbt Diversity and Inclusion in Early Years Education (Diversity and Inclusion in the Early Years)

Children and families come in all shapes and sizes, as do members of staff. LGBT Diversity and Inclusion in Early Years Education will support practitioners in thinking about LGBT issues in relation to their early years practice.  It examines the history of equalities legislation and the diversity of families with LGBT members alongside pragmatic advice to ensure that all children, families and staff feel welcomed and celebrated in the early years setting.  This book offers realistic advice and practical guidance, which results from years of first-hand experience in the early years sector. The chapters explore key topics such as:   A brief history of legislation in the UK in regard to LGBT diversity   Good practice with children and families   LGBT diversity in an early years work environment   Resourcing for equality  Including case studies, reading lists and links to useful websites and organisations, this book will be valuable reading for all early years practitioners and students that want to promote an inclusive environment for the children in their care.

LGBT Diversity and Inclusion in Early Years Education (Diversity and Inclusion in the Early Years)

Politics & Social Sciences

Tayler, Kath

Social Sciences

How a staff team works together and how effective and cohesive they are impacts significantly on the children that they care for as well as having implications for the general early years practice and the success of the business of the setting. Drawing together theory and practice, this book provides comprehensive guidance on assertive communication and offers a range of clear, practical strategies that are easy to implement in the early years setting.
The Assertive Practitioner aims to distinguish between assertive, passive, aggressive and passive aggressive communication so that early years practitioners can gain confidence, become more self-aware, reflect on their own practice and develop their effective communication skills. Divided into three parts: ‘what is assertiveness’, ‘using it’ and ‘developing it’, the authors consider the skills of good communication and assertiveness in the early years setting, offering practical guidance on: <ul>
<li>Recruitment, induction, ongoing staff training and supervision;</li> <li>Disciplinary processes including handling difficult conversations and refocusing a team after a critical incident;</li> <li>Staff relationships with parents and other professionals;</li> <li>Involving the team in problem solving and implementing change;</li> </ul>
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<li>Engaging with the community;</li> <li>How to get support for yourself as a manager.</li> </ul>
Packed full of practical strategies and case studies, this timely new book will be invaluable support for all those wanting to enhance and improve professional practice and relationships in the early years setting.

The Assertive Practitioner: How to improve early years practice through effective communication

How a staff team works together and how effective and cohesive they are impacts significantly on the children that they care for as well as having implications for the general early years practice and the success of the business of the setting. Drawing together theory and practice, this book provides comprehensive guidance on assertive communication and offers a range of clear, practical strategies that are easy to implement in the early years setting. The Assertive Practitioner aims to distinguish between assertive, passive, aggressive and passive aggressive communication so that early years practitioners can gain confidence, become more self-aware, reflect on their own practice and develop their effective communication skills. Divided into three parts: ‘what is assertiveness’, ‘using it’ and ‘developing it’, the authors consider the skills of good communication and assertiveness in the early years setting, offering practical guidance on:    Recruitment, induction, ongoing staff training and supervision;   Disciplinary processes including handling difficult conversations and refocusing a team after a critical incident;   Staff relationships with parents and other professionals;   Involving the team in problem solving and implementing change;    Engaging with the community;   How to get support for yourself as a manager.  Packed full of practical strategies and case studies, this timely new book will be invaluable support for all those wanting to enhance and improve professional practice and relationships in the early years setting.

The Assertive Practitioner

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