Eight Keys to an Extraordinary Board-Superintendent Partnership [Paperback]

Doug Eadie (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 13, 2003 | ISBN-10: 1578860164 | ISBN-13: 978-1578860166

This book draws on author Doug Eadie's work with hundreds of boards to provide detailed, hands-on guidance for building and managing a board-superintendent partnership that is close, positive, productive, and enduring. Eadie describes how the superintendent can wear the "chief partnership officer" hat while leading and managing a board-superintendent partnership program. Special attention is paid to such critical partnership building tools such as:
· Empowering the board
· Building board member ownership of their governing work
· Making governing work easier and more fun
· Involving senior administrators in providing executive support to the board

For superintendents, school board members, and school system senior administrators.

Editorial Reviews

Review

...the overall features of this work are relevant even for superintendents who have experienced an unsuccessful tenure and are seeking a second chance in the superintendency. (The School Administrator )

One of the greatest strengths of Eight Keys To an Extraordinary Board-Superintendent Partnership is its practicality....Doug draws on 25 years of hands-on experience in providing advice and counsel that you can put to good use right now in your district....It serves as a perfect companion piece to The Board-Savvy Superintendent, and I recommend it to you without reservation. (John R. Lawrence )

About the Author

Doug Eadie, president of Doug Eadie & Company in Palm Harbor, Florida, writes, speaks, and consults on public and nonprofit board leadership and the board-CEO partnership. The author of 12 other books, including Extraordinary Board Leadership: The Seven Keys to High-Impact Governance, he has consulted with over 450 boards and CEOs. Before founding his consulting firm, he served as a community college senior executive, chief operating officer of a community services nonprofit, and an ancient history teacher at the secondary level.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: R&L Education (May 13, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578860164
• ISBN-13: 978-1578860166
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #486,939 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Doug Eadie is a writer and consultant based in Tampa Bay, Florida. President & CEO of Doug Eadie and Company (www.DougEadie.com), Doug specializes in developing the governing capacity of nonprofit and public boards and in building high-impact board-CEO partnerships. He has worked with over 500 clients in diverse fields, including aging, association management, economic development, education, social services, and transportation, among others.

Doug has written 19 books, including Meeting the Governing Challenge, Building a Rock-Solid Partnership With Your Board, Five Habits of High-Impact School Boards, The Blind Visionary (with Virginia Jacko),and his most recent: Leading Out-Of-The-Box Change. His over 100 articles have appeared in a number of national publications.

Before founding Doug Eadie & Company, Doug served as a Peace Corps Volunteer, and he held a number of senior executive positions in the nonprofit and public sectors. Doug is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, and he was awarded the Master of Science in Management degree from the Weather School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.

Doug and his wife, Barbara Krai, who is a prominent interior designer, reside in Oldsmar, Florida, in a home they are renovating on Old Tampa Bay.


Doug can be reached at: [e-mail] or 813.814.9274.