The daylong “High-Impact Governing Work Session” hosted by the Southern Fairfield County Superintendents Association on October 26 opened with a...
Board Savvy Superintendent Blog Archive
Proven techniques for developing rock-solid board-superintendent partnerships
Dueling Boards: a Cautionary True Story
The tension in the conference room was palpable, as the superintendent and her board president at one end of the table glared at the educational...
Collaboration Trumps Conflict in the Shaker Heights Schools
This article featuring a podcast by then-superintendent of the Shaker Heights (Ohio) Public Schools, Gregory Hutchings, and John Morris,...
Talking With Lisa Karmacharya About MASA’s Aspiring Superintendents Academy
The Aspiring Superintendents Academy of the Mississippi Association of School Administrators is off to a great start, as Lisa Karmacharya, MASA...
Thoughts on True Humility and Senator John McCain
Thinking about Senator John McCain this morning – along with millions of my fellow Americans and admirers around the world - reminded me of the...
Superintendent Luvelle Brown: Leading From the Heart as Well as the Head
Our colleague Dr. Luvelle Brown is an extraordinary educational leader who values the learning culture in the Ithaca City Public Schools at least as...
Board Committees That Work
A couple of years ago during the first of four coaching sessions, the superintendent of a mid-size suburban school district identified board...
The Virginia Beach Public Schools and Naval Air Base Oceana: Partners in Innovation
I learned early in my career – during a five-year stint as chief of staff to the president of a three-campus urban community college - that what...
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...
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Doug Eadie’s professional passion and his company’s mission are to empower public and nonprofit organizations by building governing board capacity and developing rock-solid board chief executive partnerships. A nationally prominent organizational developer par excellence, Doug specializes in building the governing capacity of public school districts, public transit authorities, and economic development corporations.