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Practical thinking for boards, superintendents, and nonprofit leaders, written by someone who has actually run the meeting, not just studied one.
The three questions every new board president should ask in month one
Before you set an agenda, ask these, or spend your first year cleaning up avoidable confusion.
Coming soonWhen to bring in an outside facilitator, and when not to
Not every disagreement needs a consultant. Here's how to tell the difference before you spend the budget.
Coming soonThe strategic plan test: would your staff recognize it?
A plan nobody can repeat isn't a strategy. It's a document. Here's the test Dr. Easley runs on every plan.
Coming soonWhy "outcome-driven" goals fail without a review cadence
Ambitious goals die quietly in boards that never scheduled the conversation to check on them.
Coming soonTurning a stalled strategic plan around in 90 days
You don't need to start over. You need to find the three things quietly blocking everything else.
Coming soonWhat $30M taught me about getting students to graduation
The support that actually moves completion rates, from someone who funded it and watched what worked.
Coming soonThe completion gap nobody talks about after FAFSA
Getting a student admitted is the easy part. Here's where first-generation students actually fall away.
Coming soonTwo nonprofits, four boards: what actually breaks partnerships
It's rarely the mission. It's almost always something nobody put in writing.
Coming soonThe partnership question nobody asks before signing
One conversation, before the ink dries, that prevents most of the partnerships Dr. Easley has had to help unwind.
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