Leadership

CEO Notebook  

  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Leadership

Bring Your Whole Self to Work, and Others Will Too

As school leaders face another summer of employee “churn,” it is essential to ensure everyone feels comfortable in the school community to improve their chances of retention.
4 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Culture
  • | Membership

Business Officers Make the Best Company

As new business officers gathered last week to learn and connect, we were reminded of the incredible community business officers have created.
4 min read
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Voices from the Field  

  • Culture
  • | Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Membership

LGBTQ+ Leaders in the Business Office

Initial insights into different experiences in the independent school business office.
8 min read
student abuse prevention
  • Legal
  • | Risk Management

Risk & Compliance: Student-on-Student Harassment and Abuse

What schools need to know about legal considerations, crafting effective policies, and creating a culture that prevents incidents.
6 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Budget
  • | Change Management
  • | Leadership

Low-Cost, High-Impact Innovation

As we move away from the forced changes of pandemic years and into intentional innovation, consider a few low- to no-cost efforts successfully undertaken by colleges and universities.
5 min read
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  • Change Management
  • | Enrollment

Room To Grow: Learning Labs as External Revenue Streams

Bennett Day School developed a project-based learning lab that has helped generate non-tuition revenue and expand its PK-12 program. Bennett Day is one of three schools to receive this year's Innovation Excellence Award.
5 min read
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  • Culture
  • | Facilities

Building on Culture: Interpretive Master Planning This item is protected.

An interpretive master planning process can assure the future vision of a campus truly serves the needs of the entire school community.
10 min read
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  • Leadership
  • | Survey

Becoming the “School of Choice” for Faculty

In a challenging hiring environment, schools would do well to survey faculty on employee satisfaction to identify areas of improvement and move the needle on employee retention.
4 min read
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  • Change Management
  • | Leadership

Increased Wellness in Schools Through Operational Changes

Later start times and shorter school weeks that accommodate adolescents’ health and wellness could be independent schools’ future.
5 min read
  • Enrollment
  • | Leadership

The Possibilities of Partnerships

Be it with a local college or business, a partnership may enable your school to offer distinctive opportunities that enhance value proposition and/or develop new revenue streams.
4 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Leadership

What Wonder Woman and Workplace Assessment Have in Common

Wonder Woman had a complex personality. So might you — and that perspective can help you as an independent school leader.
5 min read
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  • Boards and Trustees
  • | Gift
  • | Leadership

Other Duties as Assigned: Who’s Asking?

A strong relationship with a long-time donor made this business officer the best person to make a major ask to fulfill a pressing need.
5 min read
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  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Leadership

Voices from the Field: Leaders of Color in Independent Schools

Four business officers offer initial insights into diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and their experiences at their schools.
6 min read

Projections  

  • Change Management
  • | Leadership

Projections: Finding Financial Confidence in an Era of Uncertainty

As the cultural landscape continues to change, business officers can be strong partners in school leadership.
6 min read
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  • Leadership
  • | Membership

2022 NBOA Annual Meeting Brings Together 700 Attendees Face-to-Face

The in-person event unfolded in Chicago, while the Digital Pass is available through March.
3 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Human Resources
  • | Leadership

Key Questions To Combat the Great Resignation at Your School

A deep understanding of your school’s talent pool is a competitive advantage.
5 min read
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  • Leadership
  • | Membership

In Chicago or From Your Desk: What To Expect at the 2022 NBOA Annual Meeting

Come together with a community of innovative thinkers to reinvigorate, recharge and elevate the impact and value of your role.
3 min read
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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.
18 min read
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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.
5 min read

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.
4 min read

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