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Rick Maloney wrote a new post 5 years, 3 months ago
Board success depends on many elements, including the organization’s leadership and culture, the board’s actions, knowledge, and character, and the situation, but the purpose of board leadership can be simply def […]
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Rick Maloney commented on the post, 6 Focus Areas for the School Board 5 years, 3 months ago
Bill, I like your comment about boards not being fooled by cherry picked data. That’s one of my pet peeves.
My choice of sequence begins with the entities TO which the board is subordinate and must respond. So […]
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Rick Maloney wrote a new post 5 years, 4 months ago
It was time for our annual board
retreat, when we set aside time to review the past year, assess, plan for
improvement, and refresh itself to begin anew in the coming year. We considered
the following questions […]
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Rick Maloney wrote a new post 5 years, 6 months ago
What types of boards are there? And how does board governance compare with teaching as a profession? Understanding the Danielson Framework for Teaching may offer a starting point for answering these […]
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Rick Maloney wrote a new post 5 years, 7 months ago
The Board Takes
Responsibility for Accountability“Whenever
the board gets a new member, a new board is formed.”Part 1 of this post introduced the idea of
making the new members’ first day on the job on […]
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Rick Maloney wrote a new post 5 years, 8 months ago
The Board Takes
Responsibility for Strategic Voice and Operational Guidance“Whenever
the board gets a new member, a new board is formed.”Part 1 of this post introduced the above (a traditional sayi […]
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Rick Maloney wrote a new post 6 years, 4 months ago
The best boards keep their noses in the business and their fingers out.
Jim Brown (The Imperfect Board Member)
The Board Role in Supervision
As Jim Brown impli […]
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Rick Maloney wrote a new post 6 years, 5 months ago
Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Lord Acton
The ProblemEarly in my first career (24 years in the US Army) I occasionally heard of a senior officer being removed from command due to […]
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Rick Maloney wrote a new post 6 years, 6 months ago
Boards Matter – Part IV (4th of 4 parts)
Only boards, because of the democratic power they derive from the people, because of their close links with the people, and because of their stability, can provide the l […]
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Rick Maloney wrote a new post 6 years, 7 months ago
Boards Matter – Part IIIBoards Matter – Part III In the high-achieving districts, the board/superintendent team and school personnel consistently expressed an “elevating” view of st Read More …
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Rick Maloney wrote a new post 6 years, 8 months ago
Boards Matter – Part II
…we found five district-level leadership “responsibilities” or “initiatives” with a statistically significant (p < .05) correlation with average student achievement.
Ensuring c […]
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Rick Maloney wrote a new post 6 years, 8 months ago
Boards Matter – Part I
Board members sometimes wonder: “Am I prepared for this job?” “Can the board contribute anything of importance to the mission?” “Does the work of a board matter?”In the film Mr. Holl […]
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Rick Maloney wrote a new post 7 years ago
From the Boardroom: Questions Many Boards Never Think to Ask (Part IV)
From the Boardroom: Questions Many Boards Never Think to Ask (Part IV) February 18, 2018 Rick Maloney This is the last of a four-part series. In Parts I, II Read More … -
Rick Maloney wrote a new post 7 years, 1 month ago
In Parts I and II of this post, we considered questions rarely (maybe never) asked by Board members regarding orientation and professional development of board members, the full Board, and its […]
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Rick Maloney wrote a new post 7 years, 2 months ago
From the Boardroom: Questions Many #Boards Never Think to Ask (Part II)
December 16, 2017 Rick Maloney
In Part I of this post, we considered some questions rarely (perhaps never) asked by Board members […]
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Rick Maloney wrote a new post 7 years, 2 months ago
From the Boardroom: Questions Many Boards Never Think to Ask (Part I)
About DevelopmentOrientation of new and prospective board members.
Q#1: Does the Board orient its new members?
A: First of a […]
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Rick Maloney wrote a new post 7 years, 4 months ago
Board-CEO Relationship: A Three-Legged Stool
A Three-Legged Stool In any leadership situation, including the leadership role assumed by a board of directors, a conceptual trio of responsibility, authority, Read More … -
Rick Maloney wrote a new post 7 years, 5 months ago
Dealing with the Board’s Limitations
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. – Leo Tolstoy
Recently I described some limitations that can […]
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Rick Maloney wrote a new post 7 years, 5 months ago
The Ten-Year Agenda as a Strategic Device
Operational or Strategic? Most agendas, as described in a recent post (see The Board Agenda, August 18, 2017) are filled with operational matters. Finding out Read More … -
Rick Maloney wrote a new post 7 years, 6 months ago
The Board Agenda
Board Business or Staff Business: An Agenda that Works – Because a board only acts when it officially meets, and board meetings only occur periodically, it is Read More … - Load More
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