This CACHE endorsed short course explores the difference between leading and managing. Consider the ways in which you can adapt from being a friend to a line manager. Gain an understanding of the art of negotiation and look at how your values and beliefs affects your actions. You do not need to be working in a managerial role to complete this course, but should be working in a childcare setting.
Learning outcomes
- You will learn about the differences between leading and managing
- You will learn ways in which you can negotiate with your team to achieve a win-win situation
- You will learn about key skills associated with time management and get an opportunity to reflect on how you perform in this area
- You will learn how a good leader can keep a sense of balance and evaluate the reasons for challenging circumstance
Advantages of this course
- Becoming a leader of a group of people for the first time means a number of changes, and this course offers information on how attitudes and behaviours may need to be altered in order to be an effective, efficient leader
- This course introduces the problems of leading a group you were previously part of, the need to learn negotiation and time management skills, and the issues of dealing with stress
- As a first-time leader it is important to reflect on relationships and how they will change, and how personal values and beliefs will appear to others
- Additional activities encourage you to reflect on your learning
- There is also suggested extended reading that gives both practical information and links to websites to expand knowledge
