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CEO Notebook  

  • Culture
  • | Governance

A Model Partnership, by Way of Boston

"Only the head of school and the business officer leave school each night knowing the good, the bad and the ugly of what went on that day."
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CEO Notebook  

  • Boards and Trustees
  • | Communication

Be Guilty of Leadership

I’ve been reading a lot of articles, blogs and social media posts to help identify information for NBOA’s own social networks—information that I think will resonate with our membership. Sometimes I come
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CEO Notebook  

  • Leadership
  • | Planning

Being Decisive

Each year, as part of our ongoing professional development, the NBOA staff selects a book to read and discuss “book club” style. The book can be about association management, education, business or some other
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CEO Notebook  

  • Budget
  • | Leadership

A College President's Commentary on Costs

As I discuss the future of independent schools with thought-leaders and colleagues across the country, we often look to higher education—particularly small, independent, liberal arts colleges—to see what less
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CEO Notebook  

  • Communication
  • | Culture
  • | Professional Development

Ripley and Roam: a Doubleheader that WOW-ed

Between sessions at the 2014 NBOA Annual Meeting two weeks ago, I was stopped time and time again by attendees who thought Amanda Ripley’s Monday Opening Keynote was outstanding. Punctuating these hallway conversations w
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CEO Notebook  

  • Culture
  • | Leadership

I’m Listening …

It is LOUD here in Orlando, but despite the cacophony of voices at the NBOA Annual Meeting this week, I am determined to listen to every conversation I join and every presentation I attend.
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