Five Habits of High-Impact School Boards - by Doug Eadie (Paperback)

About the Book

This book is written from the unique perspective of school board members who lead and serve districts of all sizes-urban, suburban, and rural. It responds to questions and concerns that have been raised countless times over the years. Five Habits of High-Impact School Boards i...

Book Synopsis

This book is written from the unique perspective of school board members who lead and serve districts of all sizes-urban, suburban, and rural. It responds to questions and concerns that have been raised countless times over the years. Five Habits of High-Impact School Boards is intended to be an easily accessible, down-to-earth guidebook, providing succinct, to-the-point information that school board members and superintendents can put to immediate use.

Review Quotes

[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.

[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.

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.

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.