While preparing for a four-hour Zoom work session later this week with the superintendent and cabinet of a large Midwestern school district,...
The Lynchpins of a High-Performing Board Committee Structure
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The Retreat as a Board Capacity Building Vehicle
Experience has taught me that a retreat involving your school board and senior administrators can be a powerful tool for building your board’s...
Making Superintendent Evaluation a Relationship Adhesive
As always, I learned as much as I taught from the superintendents participating in the preconference workshop I presented on February 12 at AASA’s...
The Glue that Cements the Board Chair-Superintendent Partnership
“What’s a fair price to pay for a healthy relationship with your board chair?” My opening question kicking off the board-superintendent...
Southern Fairfield County, Connecticut Superintendents Discuss Enriching Board Composition
Earlier this week, I was privileged to facilitate a 1 1/2-day "High-Impact Governing Work Session" involving 15-some Southern Fairfield County,...
3 Quick Fixes that Won’t Corral the Rogues on Your School Board
The April 4 post at this blog, “What About ‘Rogue’ Board Members?”, talked about tried and true approaches to reining in these trouble makers who...
Leaders, Teachers, Chief Executives: Birds of a Feather
In Chicago recently to present a program for nonprofit chief executives on board-CEO relations, I made a side trip to visit a well-regarded...
Board-Savvy Superintendents Use Ritual as a Board Team Building Tool
“The prescribed form or order of conducting a religious or solemn ceremony.” “A ceremonial act or a series of such acts.” These are two of the...
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...
Bake Your Board Cake First, Then Worry About the Icing
A sorely disappointed superintendent and I were talking a couple of months ago. She, her school board, and her senior administrators had gone...