CEO Notebook
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Employment
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Leadership
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Membership
New NBOA staff members are ready to serve.
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CEO Notebook
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Employment
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Leadership
Business officers may be natural servant leaders, but can also consciously cultivate diversity of thought, trust and future leadership.
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Innovation is imperative in a competitive marketplace. Successful initiatives require not only creative thinking but also careful choices and clear communication.
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CEO Notebook
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Admission
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Culture
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Leadership
Connecting with prospective families can shed light on your school’s budget while helping families feel confident about their investment in independent education.
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Access data and tools that will help you lead your school to financial success.
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CEO Notebook
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Boards and Trustees
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Governance
Three tips for helping your board remain future-looking, mission-centric and resource-aware.
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Grace Lee will serve as NBOA legal counsel, one of many available resources to help school leaders manage employment practices.
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What inspires you to tackle challenges — and gives you the energy to follow through — at your school?
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A simple idea share among colleagues can bolster collaboration and provide ideas for stretching your mind – and budget.
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Charitable giving by individuals declined last year and may continue to do so into the future. What does the trend mean for independent schools?
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As new business officers prepare to hit the ground running, they learn how school leaders at every stage of their career can drive change.
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A few tools can help school leaders and the board understand long-term school finances more clearly, talk more productively and act more proactively.
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Opportunities await to give back to your colleagues and the profession while growing leadership skills and gaining a national perspective.
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Deep knowledge of many fields can help you handle an ever-expanding portfolio, but it can also limit your openness to new ways of thinking.
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Conversations around school mergers have shifted from reactive to proactive. It’s not about failure, but rather preparing for the future.
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In San Diego, we learned that bringing creativity, passion and play into a routine of discipline and focus pays off.
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Data show independent school finances improved last year, in terms of net tuition revenue, expendable financial resources and annual giving.
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CEO Notebook
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Human Resources
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Risk Management
From relying on resumes to ineffective interviews, these common mistakes can be avoided.
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This year’s recipients, Dallas Joseph and Debra Wilson, exemplify service and support to the national independent school business officer community.
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Heads of schools, boards of trustees and other school leaders are expecting more from the business office.
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