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Studer Education leads board training on relationships, curiosity and "leader stance" at Rapid City Area Schools meeting
Summary
Studer Education coach Casey Blachowiak led a leadership-development session with the Rapid City Area Schools Board on Jan. 7, emphasizing relationship-building, aligning culture with strategy, and a recommended 'leader stance' for board interactions with staff and the public.
Casey Blachowiak, a coach from Studer Education, led a multi-hour board development session at the Rapid City Area School District 51-4 board meeting on Jan. 7, focusing on how trustees can align board behavior with district strategy and improve relationships across the system.
Blachowiak opened the session by describing Studer Education's role in helping the district implement its strategic plan and culture work. She later summarized a set of techniques intended to help board members balance the district’s strategic goals with emotion and community expectations, including the “rider and elephant” metaphor for logical versus emotional forces in organizational change and a recommended “leader stance” when responding to constituents.
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