David Brooks’ column in the January 1 issue of the New York Times, “We Just Saw How Minds Aren’t Changed,” reminded me of a superintendent coaching...
Training a Weak Tool for Boosting Board Performance
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Board Savvy Superintendent Blog Archive
Proven techniques for developing rock-solid board-superintendent partnerships
The Zoom Muzzle Syndrome Redux
My August 6 post at this blog, “Combatting the Zoom Muzzle Syndrome (ZMS),” begins by pointing out that Zoom has proved to be a very effective...
The Change Investment Portfolio: A Practical Tool For Transformational Change Leaders
The November 2 post at this blog features Dr. Khalid Mumin, Superintendent of the Reading School District in Pennsylvania, as a prime example of a...
Dr. Khalid Mumin: Transformational Change leader Extraordinaire
The educational leaders reading this blog will definitely want to add Dr. Khalid Mumin’s new book Problem Child (www.WGWPublishing.com/books) to...
Don’t Unwittingly Turn Your Board Members Into Victims of Poorly Designed Structure and Process
A superintendent called me recently, asking if I’d be interested in presenting a governance training workshop for her school board. She explained...
Board Spear Carriers: Protecting the Superintendent’s Line of Credit
Last week’s post at this blog features my video interview with Dave Schuler, Lead Teacher of AASA’s Aspiring Superintendents Academy and former AASA...
David Schuler on Preparing Aspiring Superintendents for the Top Spot
In addition to serving as superintendent of Illinois High School District 214, Dave Schuler dedicates countless hours to making this true tale of...
Recruiting a Really Board-Savvy Superintendent
Experience has taught me – and I’m sure many if not most of this blog’s readers – that the more board-savvy its superintendent, the more effective a...
The Lynchpins of a High-Performing Board Committee Structure
While preparing for a four-hour Zoom work session later this week with the superintendent and cabinet of a large Midwestern school district,...
Combatting the Zoom Muzzle Syndrome (ZMS)
Since mid-March of this year I’ve participated – wearing my governance counsel hat – in numerous virtual work sessions of client school boards and...
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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.