A sorely disappointed superintendent and I were talking a couple of months ago. She, her school board, and her senior administrators had gone...
Bake Your Board Cake First, Then Worry About the Icing
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Turning Your Board Into a Cohesive Governing Team: Part 2
As I noted in last week’s post at this blog, turning school boards into really cohesive governing teams is no piece of cake, primarily because the...
Turning Your School Board Into a Cohesive Governing Team: Part 1
Teamwork in the abstract is neither here nor there for school boards. The only serious reason for developing your board’s teamwork is to help it...
May the (Centrifugal) Force Not Be With You!
A few months ago at a team building retreat I was facilitating, involving the board, superintendent and her top administrators of a large suburban...