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A Dynamic Board President-Executive Director Leadership Team at Work at MASA
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Board-Superintendent Relationship
Pat Watson on Managing His Partnership with the Board at the Helm of the Bloomfield Hills Schools
It was great catching up via Zoom with my dear colleague Pat Watson this past Saturday morning. After 3 ½ years at the...
Showing the Superintendent Search Committee How Board-Savvy You Are
I am seeing a rapidly growing number of school board members who expect their superintendent search committees to assess the board-savviness of...
Turning Board Members Into Champions for Board Capacity Building
One of the presentation/discussion modules in my four-hour workshop for participants in the Aspiring Superintendents Academy of the Minnesota...
Bagging Three Big Feathered Friends
Let me tell you a tale of two school districts’ very different approaches to presenting financial performance reports at their monthly board...
Getting Off on the Right Foot With Your New Board
Déjà vu All Over Again A little over four years ago, listening to my new superintendent coaching client – who had recently taken the helm of a...
President Jennifer Adair and Retiring Superintendent Talisa Dixon: the Columbus City Schools’ Dynamic Leadership Duo
The Columbus City School District was fortunate to have a dynamic, cohesive leadership team at the helm in the person of Board President Jennifer...
4 Board-Savvy Superintendents on Preparing Superintendent-Aspirants to Take the Helm
A few years ago a really bright and thoughtful superintendent almost 18 months into her first superintendency reached out to me for help. In our...
CEO-Centric Leadership Targets Are Key to a Solid Board-Superintendent Partnership
Around fifteen years ago I was retained to facilitate a half-day work session involving a school board and its superintendent. In our initial call...
4 Board-Savvy Superintendents on Preparing Superintendent-Aspirants to Take the Helm
A few years ago a really bright and thoughtful superintendent almost 18 months into her first superintendency reached out to me for help. In our...