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This page provides an archive of links to articles on Leadership and Governance written by Stephen Codrington and distributed through newsletters or periodicals.

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Articles arranged by date

(total = 57, most recent at the top)

Overcoming negativity – perhaps your own

Articles arranged by title

(total = 57, arranged A - Z)

Advice for new Principals
Making schools green
AI, ChatGPT, and the future of education
Interviews
Allowing School Boards to be Responsible
Advice for new Principals
An expectations reality check
International experience benefits everyone
Antidote to a disengaged school board
Committees
Authentic leadership is more than management
Face-to-face or remote?
Branding
Finance officers should be on tap, not on top
Chinese mice do not eat cheese
Term limits
Civility and respect on school boards
Disagreeing agreeably on school boards
Committees
Improving the sustainability of small schools
Converting congeniality into collegiality
Firing an employee humanely
Dealing with poorly performing employees
Civility and respect on school boards
Disagreeing agreeably on school boards
Language matters
Diversity enhances effective school board leadership
Antidote to a disengaged school board
Effective Boards
Thinking strategically
Effort grades boost student outcomes
AI, ChatGPT, and the future of education
Ethics for school boards and leaders
Succession planning
Face-to-face or remote?
Setting tuition fees – the annual agony
Finance officers should be on tap, not on top
Recruiting a new Head of School
Firing an employee humanely
Is there an ideal board size?
Getting Governance Right – Advice for New Schools
Effort grades boost student outcomes
Good.  Cheap.  Fast.  Can schools have all three?
When should board members step down?
How frequently should your school board meet?
Ethics for school boards and leaders
Improving the sustainability of small schools
Converting congeniality into collegiality
International experience benefits everyone
Truths about truth
Interviews
How frequently should your school board meet?
Is there an ideal board size?
Branding
Language and Communication in Board Meetings
Should board members be required to donate?
Language matters
Authentic leadership is more than management
Making Decisions Using Data
The First Hundred Days
Making schools green
The Great Resignation
Managing a crisis
Chinese mice do not eat cheese
Measure what you treasure
Diversity enhances effective school board leadership
Melting the cultural iceberg
Mission drift
Mission drift
An expectations reality check
Operationalising a strategic vision
Servant leadership and falling into a river
Overcoming negativity – perhaps your own
What is Truth?
Recruiting a new Head of School
Melting the cultural iceberg
Risk Management
Dealing with poorly performing employees
Servant leadership and falling into a river
The board’s most important duty
Setting tuition fees – the annual agony
What new board members should know
Should board members be required to donate?
Measure what you treasure
Should school boards be innovative?
Managing a crisis
Succession planning
Turns are permitted
Term limits
Language and Communication in Board Meetings
The Board's most important duty
Good.  Cheap.  Fast.  Can schools have all three?
The Board's Relationship with the School Community
The Red Line between Governance and Management
The Board's role in thinking strategically
Getting Governance Right – Advice for New Schools
The First Hundred Days
The Board's role in thinking strategically
The Great Resignation
Operationalising a strategic vision
The Red Line between Governance and Management
Should school boards be innovative?
Thinking strategically
Risk Management
Truths about truth
Making Decisions Using Data
Turns are permitted
The Board's Relationship with the School Community
What is Truth?
Effective Boards
What new board members should know
Allowing School Boards to be Responsible
When should board members step down?