I listened to your podcast on “Don’t be afraid of conflict” because my staff are not getting along. I am the director of a very small child care center. There are four women besides myself on staff. All of these ladies are between 26 and 32 years of age. Two work in the same class & the other two work in separate classes but work on lesson plans together & have become good friends. One group thinks the other group could do more to help when the number of children in their class drops during the day. We have all discussed this and I thought it was resolved, but there is still underlying conflict. I am exhausted from the subtle discord. What can I do? We need to work together for the good of the children we serve. We are not trying to make big bucks here. The school is using the child care center to draw new teachers with young families. I just don’t know what else to do. Quite frankly, I don’t want to work in that same atmosphere for the next year! Any practical help to get my staff together would be appreciated. [Read more...]