As part of my superintendent and nonprofit CEO coaching work over the past several years, I've developed six "hats" that - in my experience - really...
Six Hats That Extraordinary Superintendents Wear
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Kick Off 2017 By Updating Your Superintendent Governance Strategy
Preparing for a recent superintendent coaching session, I fine-tuned the process that I’d developed several years ago for updating the...
Don’t Get Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
“I’m caught between a rock and a hard spot, and it doesn’t feel good – in fact, kind of dangerous.” This is how the superintendent opened our...
Don’t Let an Insidious Foe Damage the Partnership With Your Board
Preparing for the “Board-Savvy Superintendent” workshop I’ll be presenting later this month for the Midlands Superintendents’ Academy at the...
Superintendents Jose Espinoza and Nick Polyak on Building a Strong Partnership With the Board
I’ll never forget walking into a superintendent’s office a few years ago and finding her distraught. She’d just come out of...
Superintendent Gillian Chapman: Off To a Great Start in Teton County School District #1
Both seasoned and new superintendents, along with K-12 executives who are CEO-aspirants, have a lot to learn from my podcast interview with Gillian...
Getting and Keeping the Best In Your Classrooms: a Classic Strategic Challenge
I treasure the memory of my deeply satisfying three-year stint teaching English and ancient history in grades 9, 10, and 11 at Tafari Makonnen...
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...
Use Spear Carriers To Preserve Your CEO Line of Credit
The school board’s Planning & Development Committee held four intensive work sessions over the course of six months in coming up with a list of...
Averting Needless and Costly Partings of the Ways
The last post at boardsavvysuperintendent.com features an outstanding K-12 leader, MaryEllen Elia, superintendent of the Hillsborough County Schools...