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“Your article about head transitions was absolutely brilliant. Having just left a school, I can attest to the wisdom of every word of advice as well as the potential pitfalls that await the board of a school that is welcoming a new head. I almost felt that, unbeknownst to me, you had served as a consultant to the Board of my former school, as Trustees helped launch me onto my next school while welcoming my successor.” Norm Colb, Head of School, Sage Ridge School, Reno, NV
- Strategic Governance Reduced to the Absurd: Lessons Learned (November, 2018)
- The Search…The Transition… and then the Succession (April, 2017)
- Key Survival Factors for Independent Schools (January, 2017)
- Becoming And Remaining A Healthy Board: The Rules Of Engagement (January, 2017)
- Performance Bonuses for Heads or Not? (November, 2016)
- What IS a Philosophy of Compensation? (November, 2016)
- Strategic Planning: Taking Appropriate Risks (November, 2016)
- Board Structures: The Good, the Bad and the Downright Ugly (August, 2016)
- What “Rogue” Board Members Can Accomplish (August, 2016)
- Faculty Salary System Designs: Becoming More Innovative (August, 2016)
- Premature Dismissals: Overlooking Head Transition (March, 2016)
- Compensation, Collaboration and Culture: A Winning Story (March, 2016)
- Why a Leadership Coach? (December, 2015)
- Every Board Has a “Personality” (December, 2015)
- Up to 85% of Your School’s Budget” (December, 2015)
- Mission “Tugs” (September, 2015)
- Following a “Founder” and Can You Survive? (September, 2015)
- The Theory AND Practice of Board Governance (Setpember, 2015)
- The STILL Sad State of Head Departures (September, 2015)
- The Head’s Contract: Getting it Done (May, 2015)
- The Qualities That Schools Desperately Need In A Board Chair (May, 2015)
- Threading the Needle: Addressing Faculty Compensation Challenges While Avoiding Major Risks (May, 2015)
- Branding is Powerful: Proven Strategies (February 2015)
- The Need for “Bi Lingual” Boards and Heads: Understanding and
Sharing a Common Language in the Board Room (February 2015) - Common Mistakes In The Search Process (November 2014)
- Salary System Modeling: Thinking Through Your Decisions (November 2014)
- Board Policy Manuals: When Do They Create Problems? (November 2014)
- Head Transition/Entry Plans: Risks And Opportunities (August 2014)
- Managing Crises: Dealing With The Unexpected (August 2014)
- Selling Your Benefits: What Teachers Need To Know (August 2014)
- Board Governance And Teacher Evaluation: Where Do The Two Meet? (April 2014)
- Head Compensation: It Is Difficult To Be Your Own Advocate (April 2014)
- Broadening Governance Training: A Lesson to Be Learned (November 2013)
- Effective Coaching For Heads Of Schools And Board Chairs: Cases Of Encouragement (November 2013)
- The Danger Of Inequities In Faculty Workloads (August 2013)
- IT Brutus! (August 2013)
- Which Comes First? Search Or Governance? (August 2013)
- Ensuring Rational Faculty Salary and Benefit Systems: Time for a Dialogue (April 2013)
- How To Fire the Head, AND More than Once! (April 2013)
- A Changed World For Head Recruitment And Compensation (February 2013)
- Strategic Planning: Leading and Not Following the Process (February 2013)
- Fall Out From Strategic Planning (November 2012)
- Strengthening Parent Associations (November 2012)
- When Schools Go to War (November 2012)
- Who Fires The Head? (September 2012)
- What About “Merit” Pay? (September 2012)
- The 20% Rule (April 2012)
- School Cultures: An Interesting Model And Then Some (April 2012)
- Faculty Salary System Designs: Tradition and Innovation (November 2011)
- Head Compensation: The Race to the Top (November 2011)
- Why Board Chairs Serve? (August 2011)
- Unhealthy School Climate: Common But Seldom Improved (August 2011)
- Drama in the School House and the Board Room (April 2011)
- Beneath the Surface: Trends in International Schools (April 2011)
- Efficient And Effective Strategic Planning (February 2011)
- The Importance Of The Head Compensation Process (February 2011)
- Recent Trends In Faculty Compensation – And Some Cautionary Notes (February 2011)
- Elephants in the Board Room (November 2010)
- The Core Principles Of A Successful Search: Advice For Boards And Heads (November 2010)
- Surprising Facts And Figures About The Head Compensation Process (August 2010)
- Strategic Planning: A Wise Political Investment (August 2010)
- Mission Based Compensation and Flexible Pay: The Challenge Confronting Boards, Heads and Teachers (April 2010)
- The Bible Of Governance: The Five Key Rules (April 2010)
- Performance, Compensation And Evaluation: They Are Always Related (December 2009)
- Beneath The Surface: What The Numbers Reveal (November 2009)
- More Marketing Bang For The Buck (November 2009)
- Succession Planning: The Time Has Come (September 2009)
- Managing The Errant Trustee (September 2009)
- Strategic Planning And Why The Process Generally Frustrates Boards (April 2009)
- Compensation And Tuition Setting: The Message Is Mixed (April 2009)
- A Mission That Resonates in a Soft Admissions Market (February 2009)
- Intelligent Governance In Challenging Economic Times (February 2009)
- In an Economic Downturn: Intelligent Ways to Make Compensation Go Further (December 2008)
- Tools to Recruit, Retain and Reward Heads of School: Why They Are Even More Important Now (December 2008)
- The Nine Sacred Cows of Financial Management (December 2008)
- The View From 50,000 Feet: The Perspectives Of Executive Directors Of Independent And International Associations Of Schools (June 2008)
- The Head Search, School Culture and Trust in the Consultant (April 2008)
- The Big Dig: Digging Your Way Through the New Form 990 (January 2008)
- Developing Healthy Board Governance: What to Do about the Parent Driven Board (January 2008)
- Persistence Pays Off (November 2007)
- The Latest In Faculty Compensation: Allocating Resources Among Your “Buckets” (November 2007)
- The Value Of Age Induced Wisdom (September 2007)
- Ties That Bind or Wound: The Power of the Contract and the Contract Process (September 2007)
- The Boards You Should Not Emulate (June 2007)
- The “Ji Huey” Moment: Turning A Crisis Into An Opportunity (April 2007)
- Faculty Salaries: Doing More Than Talking About It (April 2007)
- Fascinating Facts About Internal Succession (January 2007)
- Transitions, Strategic Planning and . . . Failure: How to Avoid the Trap (January 2007)
- Board Governance: Where is the baby elephant? (November 2006)
- Yes: A Successful Model of Teacher Evaluation – The Importance of Leadership, Culture, Attitude and Training (November 2006)
- Executive Compensation: The Process, Pitfalls and Opportunities (September 2006)
- “Extreme” Board Behavior But Sometimes The Norm (September 2006)
- The Search and the Departing Head: Valued or Forgotten? (June 2006)
- The Explosion of Extra Pay (June 2006)
- Doubts At The Altar: When Searches Fail (April 2006)
- The Strategic Decision: Choosing a Planning Process that Fits the School’s History and Culture (January 2006)
- “Fuzzy” Salary Systems (January 2006)
- Teacher Evaluation And Accountability: When Entitled Parents Meet Entitled Teachers (November 2005)
- Problem Trustees ( And How to Help Them): Part II (November 2005)
- Dealing with Problem Trustees (Or Their Problem Spouses) (September 2005)
- The Need To Focus On The Intermediate Sanctions Act And Conflicts Of Interest (September 2005)
- A Mission That Resonates in a Soft Admissions Market (June 2005)
- Update on Performance Pay: Gaining National Attention (June 2005)
- Making (Or Breaking) The Chair/Head Partnership:Some Key Ingredients For Success (June 2005)
- The Longevity Of Heads And The Effectiveness Of Schools: What the Latest Research Tells Us (February 2005)
- The Role of the Chair: The Promise and the Price (January 2005)
- Head Compensation: Understanding The Changing Rules (January 2005)
- Retirement Planning For Heads Of Schools: Some Useful Tools To Get There (November 2004)
- Managing The Bottom Line: The Impact of the Finance Committee, Financial Audits and Marketing the Mission (November 2004)
- The Risks and Stress of Transition (September 2004)
- Designing a Politically Safe Process of Changing Faculty Compensation Systems (September 2004)
- Head Compensation: The Process, The Product and the Reporting (June 2004)
- In Defense Of Head Compensation (April 2004)
- Protecting Our Schools Through Strategic Planning (April 2004)
- Improving Faculty Cultures: Touching The Heart And Soul Of Schools (January 2004)
- Mission and Money: OR How to Make the Most with What You Have (November 2003)
- Strong and Stable Boards: Wise, Committed and Loyal! (November 2003)
- The Truth About Statistics: Why Head Compensation Information Fails to Deliver (September 2003)
- Powerful Elements of the Head Search Process: The Risks of Transition (September 2003)
- When and Why Teachers Decide to Organize (June 2003)
- The Next Generation of Heads (April 2003)
- The Faculty Salary Challenge: Not Just How Much, But How? (January 2003)
- The Intermediate Sanctions Act: The “Next Level” of Compliance (January 2003)
- Profit Centers: Has Your School Tapped These Revenue Sources? (December 2002)
- Fortress Head, Fortress School: Attacks from Within and Attacks from Without (December 2002)
- Leadership Transitions: Strategies To Support A New Head And Maintain School Stability (December 2002)
- Income Opportunities In Tight Economic Times (September 2002)
- Is It “The End”? And If So, Then What? (September 2002)
- Understanding Faculty And School Cultures (June 2002)
- Trends From The Trenches – Patterns in Faculty Benefits (June 2002)
- Head Evaluation: The Risk of Not Doing it or Doing It Poorly (April 2002)
- Evaluation of Boards: Self-Reflection in a Healthy School (April 2002)
- The Professional Growth “Trap” (April 2002)
- The Strategic Planning Process (January 2002)
- The Nine Sacred Cows Of Financial Management (January 2002)
- Board Structure: The Plight of the International School (January 2002)
- The Safe Harbors Act: The Necessity Of Demonstrating Annual Compliance (September 2001)
- What Is “Deferred Compensation?” And Why Do So Many Heads Have It Or Want It? (September 2001)
- The Governance Game IV: Board Subcommittees – Their Role In Supporting The Mission and Stability of the School (September 2001)
- Faculty Salary Systems: Rapid and Systematic Changes in Schools Worldwide (September 2001)
- The Governance Game III: The Importance of Transitions (2000)
- Performance Pay Can Work In Independent Schools (November 2000)
- Managing School Climate-And Not Letting It Manage You! (August 2000)
- The Governance Game II: The Role of Change in School Instability (January 2000)
- The Governance Game I: What’s At Risk For Independent Schools (1999)
- Leadership of Schools and the Longevity of Heads (April 1999)