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 Savvy Superintendent Blog Archive
Proven techniques for developing rock-solid board-superintendent partnerships
2 Powerful Board Development Vehicles: a Hot Topic at my 2022 NCE Workshop
“The Superintendent as Board-Developer-in-Chief” was one of the five presentation/discussion modules in the pre-conference workshop I presented on...
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...
Training a Weak Tool for Boosting Board Performance
In his column in the January 1, 2021 issue of the New York Times, “We Just Saw How Minds Aren’t Changed,” David Brooks observes that our society's...
Leaving Administrators Out of the Governance Improvement Loop a Costly Mistake
Mea Culpa! One of the more egregious errors I made early in my career as a K-12 governance consultant and coach was allowing myself to be pressured...
Testing a Unique Approach to Board Standing Committees: the Rockford Public Schools Story
As former Board president Ken Scrivano, vice president Tim Rollins, and superintendent Ehren Jarrett explain in the video interview we recorded, one...
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...
3 Quick Fixes That Won’t Corral the Rogues on Your Board
I've met more than a few "rogue" school board members over the course of my 35 years as a governance advisor. I define these board members as...
From Building Principal to Superintendent of the Bloomfield Hills Schools: Patrick Watson Meets the Change Challenge
As you’ll learn from the video interview I recently recorded with Patrick Watson, Superintendent of Michigan’s Bloomfield Hills Schools, Pat has...
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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.