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Strategic Planning
Strategic Planning is the Focus of Board Retreat
The Gould Board of Trustees and Leadership Team met for a retreat focused on strategic planning. Greenwich Leadership Partners hosted the online session. Agenda items included:
Leading up to the session, participants were assigned the following readings:
Back
Framing for the Meeting/Taking Stock - Our objectives/agenda
Adaptive Boards and Strategy
-Role of the Board in Strategy
-Testing assumptions
-The partnership work of the Board and Head
Adaptive Boards and Strategy
-Role of the Board in Strategy
-Testing assumptions
-The partnership work of the Board and Head
Developing Vision: A Structured Dialogue with the Head of School
Moving From Here to There: An Agenda for the Future
Moving From Here to There: An Agenda for the Future
Leading up to the session, participants were assigned the following readings:
- “Authors Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine on What the Best HS Classrooms Have in Common — Mastery, Identity & Creativity”: this interview explores the conditions and approaches shared by high performing schools.
- “The Four Questions to Ask When Serving on a Nonprofit Board” this Mckinsey article focuses on the essential work of governance.
- Can You Say What Your Strategy Is: this article from HBR distills the truth of strategy -- as a challenge to be able to clearly say where you are headed and to be able to articulate the tradeoffs and choices you will make to get there.
- Optional: the first 41 pages of Creating Schools That Thrive
Gould is a small, co-ed, independent boarding school for grades 8-PG. We are passionate about preparing academically motivated students for college, helping them to become independent-minded, ethical citizens who will lead lives of purpose, action, excellence, and compassion in a dynamic world.
