It's often said that culture eats strategy for breakfast. I say it myself because I firmly believe the "right strategy" can be paralyzed or its efficacy greatly diminished if it misaligns with a school's culture. In the
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Crisis Management
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Procedures
Amid mounting high-profile media scrutiny, independent schools embrace best practices in crisis management and communications. “When a school does the right thing, its community feels proud.”
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Not many people closely link the work of the business officer and marketing, but I do. Whether your school employs a dedicated marketing professional or embeds the marketing function within the advancement or admissions
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Compliance
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Employee Benefits
Confusion persists over changes to the FLSA overtime exemption charges. Teachers are exempt, but schools could see their employment costs grow for many other staff.
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Human Resources
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Safety and Security
Growing numbers of schools consider adding a dedicated risk manager. “It’s not that the CFO is doing less. It’s just that there is so much to keep up with and do that no one person can do it all.”
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Independent school business officers tend to be hard on themselves when it comes to determining optimal pricing models for their schools. You often ask, with a critical tone in your voice, "Why haven't we figured out the
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For this Seattle business officer, bicycling is more than a favorite "after school" activity. It's a way of life.
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Our profession is experiencing a generational shift that is both exciting and troubling.
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Contract
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Risk Management
Proven strategies and best practices to minimize potential revenue losses involving construction projects, tuition payments or third-party vendors.
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Safety and Security
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Trips
Rising anxieties over international travel programs have schools stepping up due diligence, buttoning up procedures. “The reality is, there but for the grace of God goes any school.”
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How do you lead business strategy in an environment that's all about culture? “A problem requires a solution, but a dilemma must be managed because it will never be solved or go away.” — Howard Teibel,
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Projections
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Crisis Management
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Safety and Security
Independent schools must be resolute in providing the safest of havens where those wishing to do harm are quickly identified and weeded out.
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CEO Notebook
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Leadership
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Risk Management
After last week's heartbreaking shootings in Orlando, it's comforting to be spending this week among what I consider to be the best kind of professional company: independent school business officers and business office s
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Employee Benefits
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Facilities
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Tax
Tax-free or subsidized on- or off-campus housing is among independent schools’ most generous fringe benefits for select staff, as well as among the most misunderstood in terms of potential tax liability.
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CEO Notebook
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Boards and Trustees
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Governance
As you wrap up what I hope has been another successful year and develop your summer to-do list, NBOA is planning ahead as well. Part of that process involves identifying individuals within the national independent school
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Yes, your school is subject to OSHA regulations. And “common sense” precautions may not be legally compliant.
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Seeking new long-term revenue sources without losing sight of their missions, independent schools get entrepreneurial in digging into their real estate. “Land is an asset you can’t get back.”
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Last month, more than 20 of your peers and colleagues spent 90 minutes asking one question after another of Grace Lee, NBOA Vice President Legal Affairs. The following week, some 360 schools participated in an NBOA webin
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Establishing or reallocating capital funds for PPRRSM is one of the greatest intergenerational gifts an institution can make.
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Boarding schools in particular are straining to keep up with demand for high-speed Internet access. These strategies can improve connectivity without breaking the bandwidth budget.
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