Focusing on how leaders can develop skills, this book looks at how you and your team can ensure an excellent service for all child-centred settings.

Balancing accessible theory and practical application from a wide range of settings, this book will help you to:

• become a confident and effective leader
• make sense of management theory, jargon and terminology
• link theory to practice
• develop personal skills in managing people and services
• improve the services you offer to children