How to Positively Influence Your Brand Reputation
When your childcare center is mentioned, how do people respond? What are their first thoughts, and how do they describe your brand to others? Knowing your center’s current brand reputation and understanding how you can maintain a positive reputation is [...]
3 Effective Ways to Use Technology in Your Childcare Center
You got into the childcare business because you wanted to make a difference. But lately, bookkeeping, registration, communication, keeping records… it’s all taking so much of your time and attention. Here are some of the best ways to [...]
Managing vs. Coaching: The Best Advice for Your Childcare Center
Companies with a strong coaching culture tend to have more employee engagement and higher revenue growth than companies that do not, according to a 2014 survey by the International Coach Federation. Not only are outdated management techniques less impactful to [...]
Top 5 Ways to Increase Your Enrollments
For parents, choosing the best childcare facility for their children can be an overwhelming and stressful process. Parents want to know that their children are receiving the best care possible and that the time that their children spend at the [...]
Interviewing for Fit
In most industries, the interviewer is able to ask a potential candidate a standard list of questions about their experience that will provide a glimpse into who they might be as an employee. However, in industries like childcare, the [...]
Creating A “Wow” Experience When Interviewing
Attract talented teachers from the very beginning of the recruitment process. Does your process for hiring new teachers make a good impression on candidates? Are they getting a good sense of what they can expect from you if they were [...]
Why Blended Mentoring and e-Learning Programs are the Best
How to best onboard new employees at your childcare center. Blended learning refers to using multiple strategies to transfer knowledge. In this case, we are referring to using an e-learning training model with a mentor or coach to train new [...]
Save Money with Your Childcare Business: Professional Services
Paying inflated fees for lawyers and CPAs to answer day-to-day HR and staffing questions is a very quick way to decrease your profit margins and prevent you from saving money with your childcare business. What if you could access expert [...]
Save Money with Your Childcare Business: Risk Avoidance
Are you prepared for a Department of Labor audit? Did you know the average penalty paid to the DOL is $157,000? Many of us in the childcare business cannot afford a penalty of any kind, let alone a fee as [...]
People: Work-Life Balance Challenges for Childcare
Childcare business owners and their employees can benefit from a well-designed work-life balance program. When companies provide work-life balance services, employee turn-over decreases, while recruitment and job performance improve. Family-friendly policies also improve your organization’s public image. We know you [...]