EXECUTIVE SEARCHES

August 3, 2020
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Navigating a Head of School Search in Rough Waters

The key ground rules in the head of search process are simple: Hire the right search firm. Establish an appropriate timetable, typically eighteen months and no […]
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September 2, 2019
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Head Search Committee Behaviors and How They Affect Outcomes 

There are at least three types of search committee behaviors: The Highly Inclusive Model The Chair Leads Model The Confusing Model  I. The Highly Inclusive Model […]
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May 13, 2017
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The Search…The Transition… and then the Succession

Introduction  Too often boards (and heads) focus on the excitement and challenge of the search process, and very few boards pay much attention at all to […]
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August 1, 2015
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Common Mistakes In The Search Process

There are many ways to lose top flight candidates in a head of school search but three of them could be avoided easily: Failure to clarify […]
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August 1, 2015
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The Core Principles Of A Successful Search: Advice For Boards And Heads

A few years ago this Consultant published an article about the pitfalls of the head search process and the keys to its success. Littleford & Associates […]
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August 1, 2015
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The Head Search, School Culture and Trust in the Consultant

Most independent school trustees view a head search as the most important and time consuming task that they will ever undertake in that role. In fact […]
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August 1, 2015
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Fascinating Facts About Internal Succession

Many school heads and some boards know that still today up to 70% of all heads are fired, most often meaning that their contracts are not […]
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August 1, 2015
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The Search and the Departing Head: Valued or Forgotten?

The manner in which a board treats an outgoing head could impact substantially the nature and success of the search for his or her successor. A […]
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August 1, 2015
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Doubts At The Altar: When Searches Fail

The miscalculations and mistaken assumptions surrounding many searches can mask serious underlying issues that may jeopardize landing the candidate of choice, undermine a new head or […]
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August 1, 2015
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Retirement Planning For Heads Of School: Some Useful Tools To Get There

In interviewing over 50,000 teachers worldwide in the past 20 years on the topic of their compensation, over 95% of them could not relate their exact […]
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Upcoming Virtual Appearances

March 1, 2021
The Tennessee Association of Independent Schools has invited Mr. Littleford to speak about mission-based compensation and salary system design.

March 2, 2021
Mr. Littleford will be presenting to Society of Heads in the United Kingdom on the topic of board governance.

March 20, 2021
The topic of Mr. Littleford’s session for the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools will be “Maintaining or Returning to a Strategic Focus”

April 12-16, 2021
Topics to be announced for the Association for the Advancement of International Education Conference (AAIE)

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