Five Habits of High-Impact School Boards [Paperback]

Doug Eadie (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 14, 2004

Written from the unique perspective of school board members who lead and serve districts of all sizes, this book provides succinct, straightforward information that school board members and superintendents can put to immediate use. Eadie explores five key behavioral traits of high-impact school boards:
· Concentration on governing above all other board work
· Development of the board's capacity to govern
· Active participation in leading district strategic change
· Meticulous attention to keeping the board-superintendent partnership healthy
· Active participation in reaching out a wider community

Five Habits of High-Impact School Boards provides school board members, superintendents, senior administrators, foundation executives, and graduate students in schools of education, with practical, thoroughly tested guidance for successful governing work and a board-superintendent partnership that is close, productive, and enduring.

Editorial Reviews

Review

In this accessible guidebook, Doug Eadie uses his experience working with CEOs and boards to identify behavioral traits shared by school boards that have made a difference in their districts. He believes boards should be managed as governing organizations, and a strong board achieves results by targeting high-stakes decisions connected to vision, values, long-range goals, revenue generation, and budget. (Ers E-Bulletin )

[Eadie] presents the third book in a trilogy providing school board members, superintendents, and senior administrators with practical guidance on building a board's capacity to do high-impact governing and forming a productive, lasting board-superintendent partnership. (Reference & Research Book News )

[explains] the 'five habits' of school boards that exhibit strong leadership and solid board-superintendent relationships....Eadie provides more than a list of shoulds and shouldn'ts for board members. He also offers practical tips for making a school board member's job less onerous. (American School Board Journal )

[Eadie] presents the third book in a trilogy providing school board members, superintendents, and senior administrators with practical guidance on building a board's capacity to do high-impact governing and forming a productive, lasting board-superintendent partnership.... (Reference & Research Book News )

[explains] the 'five habits' of school boards that exhibit strong leadership and solid board-superintendent relationships....Eadie provides more than a list of shoulds and shouldn'ts for board members. He also offers practical tips for making a school board member's job less onerous.... (American School Board Journal )

About the Author

Doug Eadie is the president & CEO of Doug Eadie & Company, a Palm Harbor, Florida firm specializing in nonprofit/public board leadership and the board-CEO partnership. Doug, who has worked with nearly 500 boards and CEOs over the past 25 years, is the author of 16 books.

Product Details

• Paperback: 136 pages
• Publisher: R&L Education (September 14, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578861764
• ISBN-13: 978-1578861767
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #80,858 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 18 books, including Meeting the Governing Challenge, Building a Rock-Solid Partnership With Your Board, Five Habits of High-Impact School Boards, and his most recent: The Blind Visionary (with Virginia Jacko). 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.