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Change is one of the hardest parts of leadership, especially when you care deeply about your program, your team, and the families you serve. Staff leave. Families move on. Children transition to new classrooms. Plans you thought were solid suddenly shift, and sometimes those changes can leave you feeling hurt, disappointed, frustrated, or even angry.

In this episode of the Child Care Director’s Chair Podcast, Erica has a real conversation about what it means to lead when things do not go the way you hoped. We talk about allowing yourself to feel the emotions that come with change while also asking an important leadership question: What can I learn from this, and how do I move forward?

As directors, we will not always make decisions that everyone agrees with. Our responsibility is to make the best decisions we can with the information we have, while staying grounded in our policies, regulations, responsibilities, and core values.

Nothing in this field stays the same forever. Teams change. Families change. Children grow. Programs evolve. The goal is not to avoid change. The goal is to become the kind of leader who can learn from it, grow through it, and keep moving forward.

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