Let's unleash independent schools' best potential at a time when our country may very well need it most.
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How do introverts lead in a world that conflates extroverted behavior with leadership?
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Change Management
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Leadership
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Planning
Is it time to consider merging with another school? “Everybody wants to be part of a winning team.”
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Endowment
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Enrollment
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Facilities
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Financial Aid
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Leadership
More than 1,300 attendees made the Washington gathering the biggest-ever of independent school financial and operational leaders. A recap in tweets.
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Learning is a cultural process, says 2017 NBOA Annual Meeting keynote speaker Sir Ken Robinson.
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Want greater productivity and efficiency at your school? Break down the silos, says educational change management consultant Howard Teibel.
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From the archives: A business officer on dogs, love and ambition. "A common saying about Flat-Coats is that you can't have just one."
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From Haiti to sub-Saharan Africa, this business officer continues her multidisciplinary adventure.
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Independent schools face sizable changes in the year ahead. The business office will be instrumental in preparing them to adapt and thrive.
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With commitment and resources, we can deliver on the independent school mission of honoring how each student learns.
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This year's award recipients — Frank Aloise and Dana Tufts — have merged schools, counseled peers and served as exceptional leaders.
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2017 NBOA Annual Meeting preview: Why do some large-scale changes at schools take off and solve problems while others fall flat or create new headaches?
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2017 NBOA Annual Meeting preview: Bestselling author Susan Cain makes the case for nurturing your inner introvert while making “strategic forays” outside of your comfort zone.
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2017 NBOA Annual Meeting preview: In times of complex change, “innovation is as important a function to business officers as to anyone else.”
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Who will suit up for the next generation of leadership? What challenges will they inherit? What skills and attributes will they need to ride the wave successfully?
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Job Description
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Leadership
As longtime independent school leaders retire, their successors will step into dramatically different circumstances. What will they (or you) need to be successful?
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Human Resources
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Leadership
What if there are no obvious candidates on tap to take over the senior finance/operational reins? How to identify and attract your next generation leaders? Cast your net wide, and prepare for competition.
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Money Matters. But so do mission and quality of life. “Feeling good about your work is a driving force.”
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CEO Notebook
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Human Resources
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Leadership
Consider making your New Year's resolution to develop more of who you already are — in other words, to play to your strengths.
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Riding motorcycles and collecting them has been a way of life for this business officer.
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