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Nursery Management: Training - Life at the top

A member of staff who is promoted to a management role should never feel out on their own - senior management teams have a responsibility to provide them with training and support which help to build the new manager's confidence and expertise, says Karen Faux.

Moving up to becoming a manager can be exciting and scary in equal measure. For even the most confident of practitioners, doubts may creep in: are they the right person for the job? Can they handle the responsibility? Will the rest of the team respect them?

Kate Peach, director of Peacharno Consulting and former managing director of Early Years Childcare (pictured) has wide experience of these kinds of misgivings in staff. From her own perspective as a former manager, she believes that clear succession planning - the process of identifying and developing internal people - is absolutely vital to spotting the rising stars.

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