After School
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Culture
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Human Resources
This business officer provides financial literacy training to students after school hours. Parents want even more.
4 min read
Counterproductive leadership behaviors include distancing, overpowering, conforming — and failing to engage.
3 min read
Why should business officers take the time to enter data into BIIS (Business Intelligence for Independent Schools), NBOA’s new data collection and reporting platform? Besides the fact that it was built for business offic
4 min read
Healthy organizations are designed to sustain a variety of changes. Bring them!
3 min read
Neighbors have the power to make or break schools’ expansion plans. “It’s mission-critical to be active with the town.”
12 min read
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Leadership
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Safety and Security
Growing list of independent school associations urge officials to take action against guns.
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This outspoken change agent says independent schools can do better for their students, themselves and the industry collectively. That means ditching traditional transcripts, merging in oversaturated markets and “pooling
14 min read
Independent school leaders from at least 44 states and nine countries learned, networked and collaborated in NBOA's biggest event ever.
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We must start breaking rules to make sure that our schools stand out as exceptional among a growing list of options.
3 min read
Governance is not something that is baked and done. It is organic and requires constant attention, time and resources to yield the best results.
4 min read
This person can be a “three-fer,” providing leadership in the business office, the perspective of a consultant and guidance in the hiring of the new CFO.
12 min read
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Governance
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Key Governance
Board orientation and engagement get an upgrade as fiduciary responsibilities and risk exposures intensify.
8 min read
This CFO’s government failed her. She’s spent the last 14 years fighting for positive change.
5 min read
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Governance
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International
Drawn by rapid economic growth and an education-focused population, a new independent school with American roots is winning over a different culture.
7 min read
Cultivate brand ambassadors, customer service and women's leadership so that your school and staff will flourish.
2 min read
A departing employee’s final paycheck and exit interview are only the beginning of a successful offboarding practice. Everyone is watching.
4 min read
As with any premium brand, an independent school’s entire faculty and staff must deliver premium customer service. HR professionals can lead the way.
4 min read
For business officers pursuing big goals, Leadership Awards Lunch speaker and world-class swimmer Diana Nyad models the power of will.
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