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Creating a great onboarding system!
Hands up if an onboarding system has slipped down your To Do list? I know so many childcare business owners who are winging it on this front. You have people knocking on your door before you've had a chance to create a team to take care of the kids! Sometimes this...
How to Create Childcare Staff Policies that don’t make you feel like a Warden!
Do you sometimes feel like some sort of prison warden inside your childcare business? If you're nodding, I'd imagine it's because you are lacking in robust Staff Policies. Yikes! So this week's theme is all about how you can create policies that help your business but...
Hiring your next ALL STAR Team member
This week I'm wading into one of the hardest areas of running a childcare business: the hiring process! Currently I'm deep in the midst of this tricky operation myself. We're moving one of my experienced members of the team in an established daycare center to manage...
How to grow and add value in your Childcare Business
In this blog, I’m sharing the secret main ingredient to growing your childcare business. Take your home childcare business to a whole new level by making sure you're adding the value your potential clients are actually seeking. You're already offering a great service...
Branding your Childcare Business – using all 5 senses
Often when I talk about branding, people conjure up images of their logo. They think of the color palette of their website. But branding is more than just the colors you use, it's the 'personality' of your business. It encompasses your personal and business values,...
Simplify! Automate your childcare business TODAY!
I've heard it time and time again over the last few years: "I can't automate, Nyckie, I run a childcare business." It often feels like it’s hard to automate anything in this industry, but that’s simply not true! We can automate many things in the day-to-day running of...
Grow your wealth – let’s fix up your finances!
Is it time for you to grow your finances and finally begin building your wealth? One of the reasons I set up Childcare Ninjas - my mission if you will - is that I really want to encourage everyone in this community to become financially literate in their childcare...
Create a workflow for success in your childcare business!
There's one main thing that can totally help you stay on track inside your childcare business. Are you doing it, Ninja? It's ok, don't panic! I wasn't either in the beginning. But now I make sure that I'm using all kinds of workflow systems to help me stay on top of...
How to become a childcare paperwork ninja
One of the most scary things about starting a daycare is the childcare paperwork. I remember that just the thought of it 15 years ago would give me the heebie-jeebies. But it really doesn't have to be that way! By figuring out what will help you stay organized and...