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Back to Search🎙️ Trailblazer Spotlight: Angela MacCarthy's Leadership Journey
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What happens when a leader decides to stop simply managing and start intentionally growing?
In this special ECE Trailblazers Member Sp…
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593 How to Talk So Your Staff Actually Listen (Beyond Repeating Yourself and Micromanaging)
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Most leaders don’t actually have a “listening problem” on their teams—they have a communication pattern that unintentionally trains p…
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592 Stop Softening Your Message—Leaders Don’t Need Approval, They Need Clarity
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Too many childcare leaders dilute their message in an effort to be liked, avoid conflict, or keep everyone happy. But softened commu…
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591 Child-Led Play, Observation, and Building Educator Confidence with Veronica Green
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In this episode, Erica Saccoccio is joined by Veronica Green for a powerful conversation on child-led play, observation skills, and w…
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590 The Words You Use Are Building—or Breaking—Your Leadership Trust
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All week we’ve been inside the real conversations of leadership—why speaking up matters, why confidence is a skill, why silence weake…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
589 How to Communicate Without Over-Explaining Yourself
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Many childcare directors don’t struggle with what to say—they struggle with how much to say. In an effort to be clear, fair, and tran…
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588 The Director Who Doesn't Speak Up Is Already Losing Influence
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Have you ever left a meeting replaying everything you should have said? Maybe you had a concern, an idea, or a question that could ha…
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594 Confidence vs Control Knowing the Difference
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In this powerful leadership episode, Erica Saccoccio explores one of the most misunderstood dynamics in early childhood leadership: t…
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587 Why Confidence Is a Leadership Skill, Not a Personality Trait
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Most childcare owners and directors would describe themselves as confident—and in many ways, they are. They lead teams, make critical…
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586 Finding Your Leadership Voice in a Noisy Industry
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In an industry filled with opinions, expectations, and constant demands, many childcare directors lose confidence in their own leader…
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