The Business Of Early Childhood Education with Alethea Etinoff

Collaboration Requires Clear Expectations

Collaboration without clarity isn’t teamwork—it’s confusion.
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Staff Resistence to Automation is Feedback

Staff resistance to automation is not a team problem, it is leadership feedback. In this episode we explore how pushback signals fear and misalignment and how better leadership turns it into buy in.

Investing Supports Long Term Stability

This leadership tip is for early childhood business owners focused on long-term stability. We’re discussing retirement investing, financial planning, and why strong leadership includes protecting your future while growing your business.

Grants Require Transparency

Grants are often described as free money but anyone who has managed one knows that is not true.

Accreditation Requires Staff Buy-in

Staff buy in starts with honest communication not jargon, not policies dropped in an email.
Real conversations

Regulations Require Daily Compliance

A look at what daily compliance really means and why it matters.

Transportation errors carry high risk

Transportation errors carry high risk because mistakes move fast.

EHSCCP documentation must be precise

EHSCCP documentation has to be precise because people rely on it in real situations.

Subsidy errors create financial risk

Minor errors add up. Accurate subsidy reporting protects financial stability.

CACFP records must be organized

Organization isn’t about paperwork. It’s about being able to show the work you’re already doing.