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Some communities navigate head transitions with a sense of calm, steady optimism while others are more aligned with the qualities of a “Nervous Nellie.” To ensure your school is in the former category, there are a few important steps Boards should take.What all communities want is assurance that thi...read more
It is hard to watch the news these days. Personal political affiliations and inclinations aside, roiling markets, venomous discourse and expanding instability on a national and global level are hard to ingest and absorb. School leaders also face complex circumstances and emotions in their own commun...read more
There is no strategy without vision. And schools that use a traditional strategic planning process with its notable absence of vision, are unwittingly constraining their capacities to thrive. The stakes could not be higher. Sure, there is a significant group of schools with waiting lists and robust...read more
We’ve all known students who apply to a huge number of colleges on the theory that some of them will say yes; or people who send out hundreds of resumes hoping to get a positive response. These are aspirational, sure, but too often they are based on false hopes and rarely lead to the desired result....read more
Is an independent school a business? I think the vast majority of trustees and heads would say “yes.” But if you listen to heads and trustees talk about their schools, if you examine their strategic plans, and if you lift the hood to see how all the parts of the engine work together… it’s clear that...read more
