169: The Leadership Lift: Replace Your Assistant Director with This Instead

About this episode

In this episode, Kelley Peake discusses the challenges of hiring an Assistant Director and offers alternative solutions for early childhood programs.

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we unpack why hiring an Assistant Director or Manager often creates more overwhelm—not less—and what to do instead. 👥 If you brought in a second-in-command hoping to lighten your load, only to find you’re both stretched thin, you’re not alone. The traditional Assistant Director model was built for large corporate centers—not lean, ratio-dependent programs. ⚙️ Confident Early Childhood Operators don’t rely on one person...

People in this episode

Host: Kelley Peake

Topics covered

• leadership
• assistant director
• early childhood education
• management
• business strategy

Keywords

• Assistant Director
• leadership
• overwhelm
• early childhood
• management

More episodes of Early Childhood Business Made Easy

• 185: Mid-Year Money Moves: Summer Cash Flow Strategy · June 11, 2026 · 23 min
• 184: Your Summer Operations Survival Guide · June 5, 2026 · 25 min
• 183: Create Magical Moments That Sell Themselves · June 4, 2026 · 27 min
• 182: End of School Year Marketing: Capture Those Summer Families · May 27, 2026 · 27 min
• 181: Summer Staffing Without the Stress · May 14, 2026 · 29 min
• 180: The Summer Profit Strategy Nobody's Teaching You · May 7, 2026 · 38 min