Leaders, Teachers, Chief Executives: Birds of a Feather
In Chicago recently to present a program for nonprofit chief executives on board-CEO relations, I made a side trip to visit a well-regarded nonprofit corporation, Smith Crossing, a retirement community southwest of the city. During my brief visit, I had …
Board-Savvy Superintendents Use Ritual as a Board Team Building Tool
“The prescribed form or order of conducting a religious or solemn ceremony.” “A ceremonial act or a series of such acts.”
These are two of the definitions of “ritual” in the Second College Edition of the American Heritage Dictionary. In …
What About “Rogue” Board Members?
We were talking about building school board self-management capacity at the preconference workshop I presented at the NSBA National Conference a week ago – specifically, how a board can manage its own governing performance by setting performance targets and standards …
Harnessing the Power of Ownership in the Highline Public Schools
Turning board members into satisfied owners of their governing work through meaningful engagement in planning and other governing functions is a major theme in my forthcoming book, “Building a High-Impact Board-Superintendent Partnership: 11 Critical Questions You Need to Answer,” which …
Naked in the Public Eye: Talking With Superintendent and Author Oliver Robinson
If you’d like to know how Superintendent Oliver Robinson came up with the intriguing title “Naked in the Public Eye” for his new book, listen to the podcast Oliver and I recorded for this blog.
Naked in the Public Eye…
Transforming a Committee Chair Into a Stalwart Ally
The crowning achievement of the school board’s performance monitoring committee during its first year of operation was a complete overhaul of the quarterly financial report to the board, which was unveiled at the fourth meeting of the new fiscal year. …
Two Barriers to High-Impact Governing Performance
This post is drawn from Chapter 3 of my forthcoming book, Building a High-Impact Board-Superintendent Partnership: 13 Critical Questions You Need to Answer, which describes several formidable barriers to school boards doing really high-impact governing work and examines proven …
Joining the International CEO Profession
The following article is excerpted from Chapter Four of Doug Eadie’s forthcoming book, Building a High-Impact Board-Superintendent Partnership: 13 Critical Questions You Need to Answer (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019).
In my travels around the country, I see growing recognition that …
Welcome to the Frontier
The following article is excerpted from Chapter One of Doug Eadie’s forthcoming book, Building a High-Impact Board-Superintendent Partnership: 13 Critical Questions You Need to Answer (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019).
“Raise your hand if you’ve had a really comprehensive, nuts and …
Don’t Let Yourself Get Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
“I’m caught between a rock and a hard spot, and it doesn’t feel good – in fact, kind of dangerous.” This is how the superintendent opened our one-on-one coaching session several months ago. She went on to explain that her …
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