{"product_id":"essential-skills-for-managers-of-child-centred-settings-book-shelly-newstead-9780415585545","title":"Essential Skills for Managers of Child-Centred Settings","description":"`I found this book really insightful and a manageable read – everything is broken down into easy to read chunks. I've taken a lot from the book and the main message for me was that you need to be confident about your ideas, vision and objectives as a person as well as a manager.’ – Laura Watkins, manager at St Mary’s Fun Club, St Mary’s C of E Primary School, Barnsley, UK        Managers in child-centred settings need to be able to draw on a wide range of personal and professional skills to ensure that they are providing the best possible service. Now in its second edition, Essential Skills for Managers of Child-Centred Settings looks at how you can develop the key leadership skills needed to manage people to achieve excellent settings for children.        The authors outline ten `essential skills’ for leading and supporting those around you in your child-centred settings and offer sound advice so you can build your personal and professional skills and become a confident and assertive manager. With a balance of both accessible theory and practical application from a wide range of settings, this book explains management theory and will help you to develop the skills to:            Become a confident leader;        Set clear aims and objectives for your setting;        Manage your time effectively;        Make decisions and implement change;        Build and develop a team;        Reflect on and develop practice;        Deal with difficult situations and people.         This book also contains case studies and `real-life’ scenarios from managers undertaking training with the authors which will ensure you provide an excellent service in your setting. No manager or leader should be without this user-friendly guide!","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49551458074897,"sku":"GOR005364886","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50433209205009,"sku":"GOR006951751","price":10.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0415585546.jpg?v=1751358072","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/essential-skills-for-managers-of-child-centred-settings-book-shelly-newstead-9780415585545","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}