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Board Savvy Superintendent Blog Archive
Proven techniques for developing rock-solid board-superintendent partnerships
Performance Oversight Isn’t the Superintendent’s Responsibility Alone
“Falling fund a district slipup.” This is the headline of a front page article by Marlene Sokol in the August 8 Tampa Bay Times – about the...
Board-Superintendent Collaboration on the Monitoring Front
Bob Rader, Executive Director of the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education and a founding member of this blog’s Strategic Advisory...
Keeping the Board Chair-Superintendent Relationship Healthy: Tips From 6 Really Board-Savvy Superintendents
Our July 1 article at this blog, “Don’t Forget Your Board Chair’s Paycheck,” talks about board-savvy superintendents’ use of nonmonetary...
We Could Use Some Pillow Talk About Board-Superintendent Partnership Building
Nicholas Kristof’s thought-provoking column in the July 19 New York Times, “Bill and Melinda’s Pillow Talk,” is mainly about the tremendous progress...
Don’t Be Seduced By the Siren Song of “Policy Governance”
“We’re in a state of shock and can’t figure out what’s going on.” These were the first words I recall coming out of the board president’s mouth in...
Don’t Forget Your Board Chair’s Paycheck
When I walked into a boardroom recently, I found the board chair – a highly influential attorney – fuming. When I asked what was wrong, he handed...
Are We Accountable For Fostering the Freedom To Fail?
Board-savvy superintendents know that they’ve got to work closely with their school board members in coming up with practical ways to carry out one...
Make a Succession Plan Part of Your Superintendent Legacy
“You’re kidding, right? Speaking for myself, things are going great in my district, the board and I are getting along, and I don’t intend to move...
Capitalizing On Your School Board As a Rich Resource In External Relations: the Charlottesville City Schools Story
Public education has taken it on the chin in recent years. School districts around the country have been thrown on the defensive by the apparent...
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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.