A1-186 Webinar

Building a Thriving, Motivated ECE Team

A great team doesn’t just happen - it’s built with intention, insight, and action.
Presented By Barbara Watson (PhD)
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In this dynamic webinar, Dr Barbara Watson uncovers what truly drives people at work and shares practical strategies you can use to inspire, support, and elevate your team. Whether you’re a manager or team leader, you’ll walk away with tools to create a positive, harmonious environment where everyone feels motivated to bring their best.

Presented By

Barbara Watson (Ph.D)

Webinar Duration

Approximately 45 minutes

Skill Level

Suitable for beginner to experienced ECE managers

What will you learn?

Here’s what you’ll discover:
  • The key motivators that keep team members engaged and inspired
  • The essential actions leaders can take to guide their team toward excellence
  • How to foster harmony and create a workplace where everyone can thrive

If you’re ready to transform your team culture and unlock their full potential, this session is for you!
Certificate of completion provided for your professional learning records
About the presenter

Barbara Watson (PhD)

Barbara Watson (PhD)
PhD; MEdAdmin; BEd (ECE); Dip.Tchg (Primary)

Barbara is a qualified early childhood and primary teacher and has owned and managed early childhood centres. Having worked as part of the EC Professional Support team at the Faculty of Education for 7 years, she has strong links with The University of Auckland. While in this role Barbara facilitated a variety of workshops and programmes for a wide range of ECE services and also lectured on a number of ECE papers.

Barbara has a passion for supporting teachers to make effective links between theory and practice. Her Masters thesis focused on leadership and adult education and her PhD investigated how induction and mentoring programmes are enacted in education and care services. Barbara works with centre leaders as a mentor, coach and external appraiser. 

What others said about this webinar:

I implemented these approaches today and had incredible results from educators in my team. It was a great boost to their confidence and my sense of leadership and organisation.
— KATIE
This has been a valuable insight into building a thriving and motivated early childhood education team. I appreciated the practical strategies shared for supporting collaboration and empowering educators, as well as the focus on empathy and meaningful language, which strongly aligns with best practices in our field.
— MARTIN
I like the hierarchy pyramid. Really shows how important trust is to have trust within your team and how it creates the foundation for everything else. We are going to focus on ensuring we set a great trust basis within our teams at the beginning of the year. Policies and regs are important, but conflict can't be addressed without trust.
— RACHAEL

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