It is a pleasure to welcome our newest blogger, Coreen R. Hester, former head of school at The American School in London where she served for the last 10 years, and before that as the Head at The Hamlin School in California. Coreen recently joined RG...
With many schools struggling to attract and keep Lower School families, it is clear that this generation, viz. The Millennials, needs to be understood and appreciated. The traditional approaches to marketing—visibility efforts, advertising, etc.—seem...
It doesn’t take a genius to know that decision-making is a key element in effective leadership. There are many dimensions of decision-making, in fact far too many to explore in a blog post. But one dimension—often overlooked—is power. Who determines...
Recently, my wife and I were signing up on the whiteboard at the YMCA to use the cardio equipment. With eraser in hand and knowing that my wife wanted to row, I quickly saw that no one was on one of the rowers and yet a name and time were written dow...
Slap a $10 bill on the counter, get $100 back … you’d do that all day, wouldn’t you??? Well, that’s the sort of return on investment in a well-run advancement operation at a school that you should come to expect. It means having the right people in t...
