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569 Leadership Missed the Memo: ‘I’m Having a Baby, I Can’t Open the Center Today’
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“I’m having a baby… I can’t open the center today.”
That should be the most obvious message in the world—but in this real leadership story, it somehow still wasn’t enough.
In this episode of The Childcare Director’s Chair, we unpack a moment that sounds unbelievable but isn’t. A director goes into labor, communicates clearly from the hospital, leaves updates and voicemails… and still receives a message asking why she isn’t at work—because leadership never actually listened.
This isn’t just a story about one situation. It’s about what happens when leadership reacts before it…
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