Reconceptualizing leadership in the early years

This book explores the realities of leadership in the early years and examines the challenges and opportunities of the profession. As well as discussing current concepts of leadership both within and beyond early years, the book proposes a new concept of leadership for the early years, which recognises that leadership can come from anywhere within an organisation or setting. Drawing on research, the book includes a range of leadership profiles which help to articulate the ways in which practitioners from a range of different professional backgrounds and working in a variety of contexts negotiate leadership on the ground and which help to link the underpinning theory with lived practice.