Maybe your district is currently in the hunt for a new leader. Here are eight tips to increase the likelihood of hiring a CEO who can/will work with a Coherent Governance® board.We’ve worked with boards who have done a great job securing a CEO who can work with them and their governance values. We’ve known others […]
When we started doing superintendent search work years ago, we could anticipate anywhere from 50 – 100 applicants for any given search we were conducting. Those days are gone.
We have written quite frequently about the need to assign priority attention to bring on new board members. If done well, the board is set up for much higher levels of success. If done poorly – or not at all – new members struggle to belong and contribute.
What’s Your Problem? This is a forum to present your “conundrums” to AGI for our feedback. By sharing here, you may help a fellow district with the same challenge! Do you have a “problem” to present? Reply to this post or email us.
Engaging with their public in a meaningful way has proved to be one of the most daunting challenges for many of the boards we have worked with over the years. We have struggled to understand why that is. It almost defies logic to think that a public board whose members were elected by the public […]
We have found that Board efforts to communicate within the community is bedeviled by angst, fear, and often a lack of skills. Outreach sometimes is dominated by one member and his/her message. Other boards delegate board communications to the administration and fail to activate the board’s unique engagement role.The result? Failure to build public understanding […]
Virtual board meetings. How are they working for you?StiltedUnfocusedEasy to disengageEasier to say inflammatory thingsUnchecked monologuesPoor image or sound projection (so irritating!)Some quick advice that translates to any video conferencing on your schedule, board room or from home.Get the lighting right. Practice with natural lighting and lamps. The inability to see someone hampers the ability […]
Public boards trying to deal with angry constituents is a challenge. All the “what if” moments to consider – while hoping those what-if events won’t happen. Not to you. Not to your board or Superintendent. Not in your community.We know that district leaders are reeling from the acrimonious attacks at board meetings. For some individual […]
One of our books quotes a former client who said: “Implementing this thing isn’t easy.”We acknowledge him to be correct. The basic implementation processes, the commitment to focus on outcomes rather than strategies, the board’s pre-planning of its own work and agenda, the practice of actually governing from the level of policy rather than tinkering […]
“Clarifying the value system and breathing life into it are the greatest contributions a leader can make.”Dr. Randy Quinn and Linda J. Dawson, senior partnersAGI Aspen Group Intl, LLC. July 2021Few of us have lived in times such as those we have shared during the two years just past. The world and nation likely have faced […]