Leadership

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  • Change Management
  • | Human Resources
  • | Leadership

Powering On: Managing Conflict Within Independent Schools This item is protected.

When polarizing issues come to campus, the business office can be a strong force in connecting the community.
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  • Leadership
  • | Technology

Other Duties as Assigned: Coaching the E-Team

Esports are like others sports and also not, which is their appeal for this business officer.
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CEO Notebook  

  • Leadership

Announcing the 2022 NBOA Innovation Excellence Award Recipients

The selected schools have demonstrated creative new ways to approach maker spaces, endowments and a multi-campus business model.
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  • Human Resources
  • | Leadership

Voices from the Field: Full Stop

Following the stress of the 2020–21 school year, one school experimented with a coordinated, school–wide break.
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  • Facilities
  • | Leadership
  • | Risk Management

Announcing the 2022 Recipients of the Distinguished Business Officer and Outstanding School Support Awards

Every year since 1999, NBOA’s Ken White Distinguished Business Officer Award has recognized an exceptionally active and inspiring individual who has dedicated their career to the support of others within our community. A
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  • Change Management
  • | Leadership

Fostering Resilience Among Faculty and Staff

Article by Amber Stockham, NBOA
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Projections  

  • Change Management
  • | Leadership
  • | Pandemic

Projections: You Are the Continuity

As the average head-of-school tenure shrinks, business office leadership has largely remained steady — and essential to furthering our schools’ present and future course.
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CEO Notebook  

  • Leadership

When To Think Inside the Box

School business leaders can take a page out of improv actors’ rule book to generate creative solutions.
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  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Leadership

2022 NBOA Annual Meeting: Foundations for Engagement: Derrick Gay

To bring more constituents on board with diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, NBOA Breakfast speaker Derrick Gay urges schools to consider the efforts in terms of change management.
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  • Leadership
  • | Membership

NBOA 2021: A Year in Review

A snapshot of NBOA’s priorities, offerings and operational health in support of member schools during the 2021 fiscal year.
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CEO Notebook  

  • Leadership

Pause To Celebrate 2021’s Successes

Your school’s extraordinary efforts have made an extraordinary impact on your school community.
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  • Leadership

2022 NBOA Annual Meeting: Ready for More: Ben Nemtin

Independent schools’ rapid-fire innovations over the past two years have required resources, time and most of all energy. NBOA Awards Luncheon speaker Ben Nemtin offers insights on refilling the tank so leaders can keep
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CEO Notebook  

  • Leadership

Lessons from a Musical Genius

Three takeaways from Stephen Sondheim’s storied career can help independent schools face another challenging year — with verve.
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  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Leadership

2022 NBOA Annual Meeting: Capacity for Audacity: Jade Simmons

Renowned pianist and opening keynote speaker Jade Simmons explains how everyone can bring creativity into the workplace.
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Mission & Motivation  

  • Enrollment
  • | Leadership

Mission & Motivation: Partnerships That Raise Our Profile

Creating joint programs with related organizations has helped differentiate our school in a competitive market.
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CEO Notebook  

  • Human Resources
  • | Leadership

The Hybrid Business Office Requires Candor and Care

Remote work isn’t in itself an obstacle to building trust among colleagues, but strong results require intentional bridge-building.
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After School  

  • Leadership

After School: Home Ties

Serving as treasurer for her university alumni association has strengthened this business officer’s connections to Thailand.
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  • Admission
  • | Enrollment
  • | Leadership

Advancing the Bottom Line: Integrating Enrollment and Advancement This item is protected.

Integrating advancement, communications and marketing functions can help leaders tap resources to generate alternative revenue streams. Ann Snyder, director of independent and international schools at the Council for Adv
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CEO Notebook  

  • Leadership

Data Collection Made Easier

Collaboration between NBOA and NAIS will yield new insights that will help all schools plan strategically.
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Risk & Compliance  

  • Legal
  • | Risk Management

Risk & Compliance: Religious Rights and Personal Liberties in Independent Schools

Religious schools should consider how high courts have recently handled the “ministerial exception” when considering issues such as transgender rights and vaccine exemptions.
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