K-12 governance Archives - Doug Eadie & Company

Showing the Superintendent Search Committee How Board-Savvy You Are

Oct 11, 2023

I am seeing a rapidly growing number of school board members who expect their superintendent search committees to assess the board-savviness of...

2 Powerful Board Development Vehicles: a Hot Topic at my 2022 NCE Workshop

Jul 12, 2023

“The Superintendent as Board-Developer-in-Chief” was one of the five presentation/discussion modules in the pre-conference workshop I presented on...

Training a Weak Tool for Boosting Board Performance

May 8, 2023

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

May 1, 2023

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...

3 Quick Fixes That Won’t Corral the Rogues on Your Board

Apr 3, 2023

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...

2 Powerful Board Development Vehicles: a Hot Topic at my 2022 NCE Workshop

Feb 25, 2022

“The Superintendent as Board-Developer-in-Chief” was one of the five presentation/discussion modules in the pre-conference workshop I presented on...

Leaving Administrators Out of the Governance Improvement Loop a Costly Mistake

Feb 1, 2022

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...

How Superintendent-Aspirants Can Demonstrate Board-Savviness to Search Committees

Dec 8, 2021

A major ongoing theme of www.boardsavvysuperintendent.com has been preparing cabinet members who are what we call superintendent-aspirants to build...