{"product_id":"9781138208001","title":"Essential Skills for Managers of Child-Centred Settings by Emma Isles-Buck","description":"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 third 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!\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56296638611829,"sku":"9781138208001","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781138208001.jpg?v=1762772079","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781138208001","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}