As my recent video interview with Board President Barbara Kruse and Superintendent Marc Schaffer indicates,...
Blazing a Trail on the Board Engagement Front in Colorado’s Thompson School District
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Board-Superintendent Involvement in External Relations/Resource Development
A Compelling Case for Board Engagement In External Relations
In my workshops for school board members, superintendents, and superintendent-aspirants – including the one I presented at the 2022 AASA National...
Blazing a Trail on the Board Engagement Front in Colorado’s Thompson School District
As my recent video interview with Board President Barbara Kruse and Superintendent Marc Schaffer indicates,...
3 Superintendents on Meeting the Community Relations Challenge in Turbulent Times
In the best of times fostering a positive district image in the eyes of community members and building close, productive relationships with key...
King Richard III: A Case For Aggressive Image Building
And therefore since I cannot prove a lover to entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain and hate the idle pleasures...
Energizer-in-Chief Redux: Stakeholder Relationship Management
“Incredible. We must be talking about 40 or more stakeholders.” This was one of the responses to the question I asked in the daylong governance...
A Compelling Case for Board Engagement In External Relations
In my workshops for school board members, superintendents, and superintendent-aspirants – including the ones I presented at...
The Virginia Beach Public Schools and Naval Air Station Oceana: Partners in Innovation
This article and the accompanying podcast featuring Aaron Pence, Superintendent of the Virginia Beach Public Schools, and...
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...
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...