Consultant for Resource Group 175, providing counsel for Head of School searches, strategic planning and executive mentoring.
Asheville, NC
Joined June 2011
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Leadership is this simple and this hard! Great piece! hbr.org/2023/12/the-outsized…
Love Joseph Boone's novel "Furnace Creek." If you enjoy coming-of-age stories, this one should rank high on your list. Boone's writing is so fluid, and the portrait of each character so vivid!
Superb analysis of school culture and how a leader can influence it. Heads need to pay more attention to this critical aspect of their schools. Well done, Greg Bamford and Carla Silver! nais.org/magazine/independen…
So excited to work with Hans Mundahl of Enrollment Management Association in leading a cohort of Heads of School over the next year on change management, enrollment challenges and more. All sessions are through Zoom. Learn more at lnkd.in/gn7Wzwmp.
"I Hate Head of School Annual Goals..." Check out my latest blog: rg175.com/blog/150
5 Reasons Your Employees Don’t Understand Your Company’s Vision
Great piece- one that #indyschool leaders should pay attention to. Developing a vision and sustaining its viability is hard work. Heads need to know that a strategic plan is not a vision. hbr.org/2021/09/5-reasons-yo…
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The phrase “good man” is thrown around lightly, but it embodied @clay1943's generosity and spirit. It was my good fortune to be in a search that Clay was leading more than a decade ago. [1]
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Just finished listening. What a wonderful episode on leading authentic, mission-aligned change. Mary is a board member for a client I’m working with right now. She is spectacular (@TomOlverson, you are pretty great too)! – at Pennsylvania, USA
Enjoyed being a guest with Mary Carter, Head of Derryfield, on the EMA podcast focusing on change management in #indyschools. Check it out: learn.enrollment.org/enrollm…
hbr.org/2021/06/dont-underes…. Where is your school in its evolution? Huge implications for hiring the right leader.
All things to all people- not a great way to position your independent school. Check out my latest blog post: rg175.com/blog/143
St Luke application for Head of School fast approaching. Check out the position statement: s3.amazonaws.com/rg175/curre…
Why the St. Luke’s HOS opportunity is such a great one- listen to my interview with present HOS Mark Davis: rg175.com/blog/139
Loved interviewing Mark Davis, Head of St. Luke's in New Canaan, CT. This is how leadership can make a difference: rg175.com/blog/139
Heads of school, want to improve relationship with your board chair? Check out my latest blog post: rg175.com/blog/137 @NAISnetwork @SAISnews @ISACSnews
Board Chair-Head Relationship- How to make it work. Check out my latest blog post: rg175.com/blog/137
#indyschools- 1) Work together with your other local #indyschools, 2) move fall sports to summer 2021, 3) tell parents that school may use summer 2021 to teach skills and content not completed during regular year due to disruptions and remote learning, 4) no rebates in this case
What to do about your enrollment problem if you're a new head of #indyschool? Check out my latest blog post: rg175.com/blog/134
Independent School heads, are you facing an enrollment crisis? Does your Board want you to solve the enrollment problem? Check out my latest blog post: rg175.com/blog/134