Santa Fe Leadership Center Blog
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Carla Silver
Executive Director
Santa Fe Leadership Center
Los Gatos, CA
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Cheryl Ting
Redwood Day School
Oakland, CA
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Dean Fusto
Bement School
Deerfield, MA
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Gary Gruber
Co-Founder
Santa Fe Leadership Center
Abiquiu, NM
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Greg Bamford
Co-Founder
Leading is Learning
Seattle, WA
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The Three Rs of Board & Head Success: Roles, Responsibilities and Relationships
While the following observations and suggestions are among the more obvious, they are essential for a healthy and functioning relationship in the leadership of a school. One of the critical pieces in a head of school’s success is the relationship between the head and two different entities of trustees. First ...
Transitions: Smoothing out the Ride
By Sandy Drew, Senior Development Consultant, Marts and Lundy Member of SFLC Los Sabios As this issue of the Santa Fe Leadership Center’s monthly newsletter reaches your “in box,” the country finds itself within weeks of a transition that occurs every election season. By any standard, the run-up to November 2, 2010 ...
The Essential Partnership: Nurturing the Relationship between the Board of Trustees and Head of School
by Norman Colb, Head of School Menlo School, Atherton, CA Member of SFLC Los Sabios I know experienced heads who delight in talking about the burdens of the office, but in my experience serving as head is as rewarding an experience as can be imagined. I’ve served in this role for the ...
Roads and Journeys
You may have noticed that one of the recurring themes of the Santa Fe Leadership Center is the image of the road. These are not merely highways in New Mexico or some other scenic place but rather a metaphor for all of us who know that we’re on a ...