Early Education Leadership

21/09/2026

It's Monday morning, and before I opened my laptop, I made myself stop.

I've just come back from an incredible weekend with women I've worked alongside for years: deep conversations, a lot of driving, not much rest. Sitting by the water this morning, I could feel it: the wrong energy for the week I'm about to walk into.

So instead of jumping straight into thinking mode, I did a check-in first.

This is the same thing I ask leaders to do before a hard conversation, or before they walk into a team that's waiting to see what mood they bring through the door. Energy is data; it tells you where you actually are, not where you think you should be. If yours isn't where it needs to be, that's not something to push through. It's a choice point.

What's one thing you do to check in with your energy before a big week, or a big conversation?

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13/09/2026

Happy Monday ☀️

A little Monday morning thought about how we begin the week.

It is so easy to start Monday with the list.

What needs to be done?
What needs my attention?
What have I already fallen behind on?

One of the practices I often use with the people I work with is to shift the starting point and ask:

If this was a really good week, what would I like it to look like?

How would I like to feel?

What would I like to have achieved by the end of it?

There is something useful happening in the brain when we become more intentional about what we are looking for.

The Reticular Activating System, or RAS, is part of a broader network involved in alertness and attention.

Our brains are taking in an enormous amount of information all the time, so attention helps determine what becomes more noticeable and relevant to us.

When we become clear about what matters, we are more likely to notice information, opportunities, conversations and choices that connect with that intention.

It is one of the reasons I like starting with aspiration, rather than beginning the week purely from a place of tasks and demands.

So perhaps grab a piece of paper this morning, write ASPIRATIONS across the top and ask yourself:

If this was the best week I could have, what would it look like, what would it feel like and what would I like to achieve?

You may be surprised by what you start to notice.

Have a great week.

10/09/2026

A little reflection from me today.

You do not need to have all your ducks lined up before you take action. In fact, action can create momentum in itself. It also gives us feedback about what is working, what needs adjusting and where we might go next.

As I move through a few changes of my own, including a new home by the ocean and an evolution of my business, I have been noticing how often our growth unfolds alongside the people we work with.

If there is an idea that keeps returning to you, perhaps this is your reminder to take one small step and see what becomes possible.

I would love to know: what is one idea you are ready to take action on?

And if you would like to find out more about how I support leaders and teams through change, please send me a message.

08/09/2026

Self-regulation is the quiet engine of consistent leadership.

As leaders, we know that self-regulation is the quiet engine of consistent leadership. When you actively manage your own state, you create safer, more predictable conditions within your team.

02/09/2026

Questions To Build Trust & Demonstrate Curiosity - a free, practical PDF from us to make trust feel teachable. 🤝

We designed these prompts to help shift team interactions from assumption to genuine interest, so you can support educators, model relational leadership, and strengthen connection without extra cost or complexity. 🧠📥

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Which question will you try with your team this week? Share one below - we’d love to hear how it goes. 👇

01/09/2026

Over the coming months, you may notice some changes across my social media platforms, pages and online groups.

After more than a decade of building Early Education Leadership, I have been reflecting on the work I have created, the people and communities I have had the privilege of working alongside, and how I want this work to grow from here.

The heart of my work remains constant: helping leaders and teams communicate with honesty and authenticity, navigate difficult conversations, build trust and strengthen the human capacity that enables people to think and work well together.

You will begin to see a clearer and more consistent way of bringing this work together. Some platforms, pages and groups will evolve as I simplify my online spaces and create a stronger foundation for the next chapter.

My relationships and work within the early childhood sector remain deeply important to me and will continue to be part of what comes next.

These changes will unfold over time, so if something familiar begins to look a little different, you are still in the right place.

I want to approach this evolution with care and intention, honouring the relationships, learning and work that have brought me here while creating space for what is emerging.

Thank you for being part of this community and for the trust, conversations and connection we have shared. I look forward to sharing more as this next chapter takes shape.

01/09/2026

Today, on Early Childhood Educators’ Day, I want to acknowledge the people whose work shapes children’s earliest experiences of belonging, learning and relationships.

Through my work with early childhood leaders and teams, I see the skill, care and thought that educators bring to each day.

You notice the child who is hanging back.

You respond to emotions that may not yet have words.

You adapt experiences, support friendships, partner with families and make hundreds of decisions that influence whether a child feels safe, included and understood.

This work requires professional knowledge, sound judgement, creativity, emotional awareness, patience and an extraordinary capacity to be present with children and with one another.

I want early childhood educators to be recognised as skilled professionals whose relationships, decisions and daily interactions make a lasting difference. Meaningful recognition includes respect, professional trust, time, support and workplace conditions that allow educators to do their best work and continue to grow.

To every early childhood educator: I hope you feel seen and valued today, both for what you do and for who you are in the lives of children, families and communities.

Happy Early Childhood Educators’ Day.

01/09/2026

I don't usually share something this personal, but this one felt important to put into words.

Some fifteen years or so, I didn't choose early childhood. It chose me!

I'd already spent years in leadership roles across other sectors, in the UK and Australia. Then I became a mum. My children started preschool, and that's genuinely how I found this sector, not a career plan, through a conversation.

My business back then was called Curiosity Inspired, broad and sector agnostic, built around leadership. A group of early childhood directors found it and asked for more. Everything on offer to them was delivered through the child lens; few programs offered for leaders. So I renamed the business Early Education Leadership, purely so they could find me. For over a decade, that was my world.

Here's something I believe firmly: early childhood is often an early adopter. Ten years ago, self regulation for leaders wasn't mainstream language. Those leaders were willing to sit with their own patterns first, long before the rest of the leadership world caught up. What they wanted wasn't only a program, it was a community, since leadership here can be isolating, and being surrounded by others doing the same inner work mattered as much as the work itself.

The work kept evolving because they did. Leading From Behind became one of the sector's first online leadership programs, then grew into the Online Conscious Leadership Program: three months, then six weeks, as time grew scarcer for clients. Somewhere in there I trained as a certified Conversational Intelligence coach and started using the methodology. Through COVID, I moved to almost entirely one on one coaching, alongside leaders pivoting just as hard.

Somewhere in that growth, I noticed something. Every struggle I coached leaders through, burnout, isolation, the dread of a hard conversation, a nervous system worn out from holding a team together, was never really about early childhood. It was about leadership, full stop.

The learning has run both ways, as I've grown, so have my clients.

Here's the part I've sat with longer than I'd like to admit: guilt. Early childhood took a chance on me when few were doing this work. Stepping back has felt, some days, like walking away from the people who backed me first.

But that's not quite what's happening. My children are grown now, and that has brought space to return to the broader identity I started with. I'm not leaving early childhood. I'll keep working within it, just not solely.

My hope is that this isn't a departure, but an exchange: what I learn coaching leaders in other industries I'll bring back into early childhood, the way this sector has shaped how I lead.

So I'm bringing the work forward under one name, Sarah Moore Leadership, for any leader ready to do the inner work my earliest clients were brave enough to do first.

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28/08/2026

Every team has communication agreements, whether they are spoken clearly or carried as assumptions.

They show up in everyday moments.

How do we ask questions?

How do we raise concerns or offer a different perspective?

How do we listen when pressure is rising?

How do we repair and reconnect when communication becomes strained?

During times of stress, change, or uncertainty, people can move towards familiar patterns such as withdrawing, reacting quickly, avoiding difficult conversations, or making assumptions.

Bringing these patterns into the conversation gives teams an opportunity to choose how they want to communicate and work together.

This is the purpose of my Team Communication Agreements Workshop.

Through guided reflection, practical activities, and honest conversation, teams co-create shared expectations for how they speak, listen, contribute, and navigate challenges together.

This whole day interactive workshop brings together neuroscience-informed communication, emotional intelligence, relational practice, and practical tools that teams can use immediately.

A 60-minute implementation session supports the team to review progress, adapt the agreements, and strengthen follow-through.

Because workplace culture is shaped through everyday conversations, and clear communication creates stronger teams.

If your organisation is looking to strengthen trust, accountability, connection, and collaboration, drop me a DM and let's have a conversation.