Cohen streamlined business office practices and strengthened financial governance at The Madeira School.
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As an integral member of her school's COVID-19 task force, Bullied has helped to advance campus growth in the midst of uncommon circumstances.
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Amidst an ongoing pandemic and constant business pressure, we must still pay attention to wellness for ourselves and our organizations.
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Independent schools are always looking for — and finding — new innovations in their business operations. For the first time this year, NBOA recognized those schools with a new award, the Jeffrey Shields Award for Innovat
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Human Resources
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Leadership
Research on productivity shows that taking breaks is vital to sustaining your attention for long periods of time.
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Leadership
How can school leaders continue creating change within their organizations?
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Our collective, never-ending recognition of the past year as the most challenging, exhausting and memorable of our entire professional careers may soon be in for a reversal of fortune.
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Providing volunteer leadership in sports and other pursuits has taught this business officer diverse lessons.
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Sharing real funds with students and mentoring their business and investment acumen has literally paid dividends, in the $100,000s.
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Successful leadership requires knowing your default style and strengthening other approaches to meet each moment most effectively.
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CEO Notebook
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Communication
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Leadership
When school leaders listen in focused and systematic ways, they can help their teams broaden their contributions and create conditions for creative confidence.
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Strategies
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Human Resources
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Leadership
Through concerted hiring efforts, senior leadership at Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences is nearly half people of color.
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Projections
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Change Management
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Leadership
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Pandemic
As light from the tunnel’s end comes into focus, our charge is to maintain the spirit of innovation through the pandemic’s final stages and beyond.
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The trends and events of this past year reminds us that change is a constant in our profession and across the educational, social, economic, and political landscape.
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CEO Notebook
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Change Management
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Leadership
Opening ourselves to new ideas and creating the conditions for creative confidence among our teams can go a long way in advancing the future of independent schools.
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Communication
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Leadership
What happens when trustees, staff, faculty, donors and other keystones of the school community learn more about independent school finances? Greater trust and sense of community.
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Observing her children inspired this business officer to pursue her passion for writing and publish a book.
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Change Management
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Pandemic
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Technology
Moving to cloud-based processes — and the holy grail of systems integration — is not a matter of if but when. “We’re no longer moving incrementally.”
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CEO Notebook
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Change Management
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Pandemic
These schools have capitalized on their strengths to serve essential community needs and build a stronger financial future.
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Projections
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Human Resources
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Leadership
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Pandemic
While we have reason for optimism in the coming year, we must continue to adapt our human resources strategy to nurture our school communities.
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