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Leadership: How to be a social leader

3 mins read Leadership Management
Those working in the early years have a shared goal to give children the best possible start in life. Here are six essential elements of leadership that define the social purpose to make a difference.
June O’Sullivan is chief executive of the London Early Years Foundation
June O’Sullivan is chief executive of the London Early Years Foundation

Most people working in the early years are driven by the desire to make a genuine difference to children and their families to give them the best possible start in life. This is often described as our social purpose.

In our book, Social Leadership in Early Childhood Education and Care, my co-author Monica Sakr and I set out to define a model of leadership that has social purpose at its core. The book was not about us inventing a brand-new way of leading, but instead we aimed to capture and document some of the amazing leadership that already exists. By finding it, naming it, understanding it, we can strengthen social leadership across the sector.

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