“What’s a fair price to pay for a healthy relationship with your board chair?” My opening question kicking off the board-superintendent...
The Glue that Cements the Board Chair-Superintendent Partnership
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Board-Superintendent Relationship
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...
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...
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...
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...
Cleveland Heights-University Heights Superintendent Talisa Dixon on Dealing with Dramatic Board Turnover
“What can I do at this point?” The beleaguered superintendent in the workshop I was presenting last year on building solid board-superintendent...
“Policy Governance:” Another Insidious Foe of a Solid Board-Superintendent Partnership
I found presenting my “Building a Rock-Solid Board-Superintendent Partnership” workshop at NSBA’s annual conference in San Antonio on April 6...
Time to Update and Fine-Tune Your Superintendent Leadership Resolutions
There’s wide agreement in the K-12 sector that one of the preeminent vehicles for building and maintaining a close, productive, and enduring...
How Ironic!
Over the years, I’ve been privileged to present a number of governance keynotes and workshops at AASA, NSBA, and state K-12 association meetings. As...
Board-Savvy Superintendents Know That Owners Make For Reliable Partners
A light bulb went off while I was sitting in on a board-superintendent-executive team work session early in my consulting career. The...