Doug Eadie Blog
Sensible Failure
I wish I’d had a copy of a new book I’m going to tell you about when, years ago, I was engaged in an agonizing personal struggle. Then a community...
Sensible Failure
I wish I’d had a copy of a new book I’m going to tell you about when, years ago, I was engaged in an agonizing personal struggle. Then a community...
Collaboration Trumps Conflict in the Shaker Heights Schools
“Collaboration trumps conflict,” observes Shaker Heights (Ohio) Superintendent Gregory Hutchings in this new podcast...
Don’t Get Caught In the Board Self-Assessment Trap
I received an email promo last week from a national nonprofit ballyhooing its board self-assessment “tool,” which reminded me of a true story that...
Dr. Steve Goldman: Volunteer Extraordinaire
If we simply think about ourselves, our stress and our problems and what we have to deal with, we miss the greater view of life. It is not simply...
Working Hand-in-Hand For Education In Sand Springs, Oklahoma
“Dueling Boards,” the March 12 post at www.boardsavvysuperintendent.com, tells the true story of school and educational foundation boards at...
The Leadership Cost Of Taking A Tiger By The Tail
My weekly English tutoring sessions via Skype with my Taiwanese friends and students, Donyou Chen and his lovely wife Yuwen Chang (known as “TY” and...
The Leadership Cost of Taking a Tiger By the Tail
My weekly English tutoring sessions via Skype with my Taiwanese friends and students, Donyou Chen and his lovely wife Yuwen Chang (known as “TY” and...
Bringing New Board Member On Board – The Right Way
The GM, along with his top five executives, made sure the two incoming board members, neither of whom had been involved with public transportation...
Getting and Keeping the Best In Your Classrooms: a Classic Strategic Challenge
I treasure the memory of my deeply satisfying three-year stint teaching English and ancient history in grades 9, 10, and 11 at Tafari Makonnen...