Is Your Team Broken?
Don't Fix Your Broken Child Care Team...
Don’t fix your broken team!
What you want to do instead is heal your team.
You might be wondering, “What’s the difference?” So let’s break it down.
Fixing Your Team
When you try to fix a broken team, it’s all about quick (temporary) solutions:
🚨 Blame game: Identifying who’s at fault and placing the responsibility on the team to improve.
📋 Quick changes: Adjusting routines or policies to get back on track, without addressing deeper issues.
📈 Focus on performance: Pushing staff to do better immediately, often with little emotional support or empathy.
While this approach may seem efficient, it often leaves staff feeling undervalued, misunderstood, and defensive—especially in child care, where emotions and relationships run deep.
Healing Your Team
Healing goes beyond the surface and gets to the heart of the issue:
❤️ Take responsibility: As a child care leader, recognize your role in the team’s culture. It’s not about blame—it’s about growth.
🗣️ Listen deeply: Create an environment where staff feel safe to express their concerns and challenges without fear of judgment.
🌱 Build trust: Strengthen relationships by showing vulnerability, offering support, and making staff feel part of something bigger than just daily tasks.
🎯 Reignite the vision: Align your team with the center’s mission, reminding them how their work makes a difference in children's lives.
In child care, where teamwork and emotional connection are key to a thriving environment, healing is always the better option. It nurtures your team from the inside out, leading to long-term success, better relationships, and a workplace that everyone feels good about.
💡 Fixing is about quick fixes and assigning responsibility.
💡 Healing is about taking ownership as a leader, listening, and building trust to create a lasting positive environment.
Which approach are you taking with your child care team? 🌟
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