Leading change in the early years: principles and practice

Content: LEADING CHANGE IN THE EARLY YEARS
 Leading Change in the Early Years
 Praise for this book
 Contents
 Preface
 Acknowledgements
 Introduction
 1 CHANGE IN EARLY YEARS PROVISION
 Understanding change
 Theoretical perspectives of change
 Dimensions of change
 Process and models of change
 The process of change as a cycle of learning
 Factors that hinder and help the implementation of change
 Closing thoughts
 2 AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP AND CHANGE
 Quality improvement through competent leadership
 The power of leadership presence
 Leadership skills for making change happen. Leadership roles for addressing change initiativesClosing thoughts
 3 LEADERSHIP: THE FUEL DRIVING QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
 The relationship between leadership and quality
 Differentiating leadership from management
 The contribution of leadership to effecting change
 The impact of complexity on leading change for improvement
 A model for leading complex change
 Closing thoughts
 4 INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS: THEFOUNDATIONS FOR EFFECTING CHANGE
 The role of trust in developing professional relationships
 Professional interpersonal relationships in early years settings. Key interpersonal skills for leading changeIssues affecting interpersonal relationships in early years settings
 Key skills for interpersonal competence in early years settings
 Closing thoughts
 5 EFFECTING CHANGE THROUGHINTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
 Communicating and listening: essential skills for effecting change
 Emotional intelligence and leading change
 Roadblocks to effective communication in early years settings
 Communicating the vision for change
 Closing thoughts
 6 FROM REACTIVE OPPOSITION TOPROACTIVE RECEPTIVITY TO CHANGE
 The phenomena of opposition and resistance. Moving from shock to adjustmentReducing stress in times of change
 Common reactions to conflict about change
 Strategies for channelling opposition into commitment
 Encouraging proactive receptivity to change
 Closing thoughts
 7 EFFECTING CHANGE THROUGHCOLLECTIVE ENDEAVOUR
 Benefits of collective leadership
 Fostering collective commitment through change champions
 The power of collaborative teams in the change process
 Closing thoughts
 8 SUSTAINING CHANGE IN A CULTUREOF LEARNING
 The role of learning in change
 Early years settings as learning organizations. Building a culture of learning and thinkingLearning, leadership and change
 Learning and the development of capacity for change leadership
 Closing thoughts
 9 AIDE-MEMOIRE FOR LEADING CHANGEIN THE EARLY YEARS
 References
 Author Index
 Subject Index
 Back Cover.