Donna Orem

Donna Orem is a former president of NAIS.

Articles:

  1. A Recipe for Thriving in Uncertain Times
  2. A New Value Proposition for Higher Education?
  3. Developing a Risk Culture to Support School Mission and Vision
  4. Juuling: An Alarming Trend Reversing Decades of Health Gains
  5. Adaptive Leadership, Part 3: Surviving the Messy Middle of Adaptive Change
  6. Adaptive Leadership, Part 2: The Six Behaviors of Adaptive Leaders
  7. Adaptive Leadership, Part 1: Technical or Adaptive Challenge?
  8. Navigating 2023: What Should Be on School Leaders’ Radar?
  9. Scenario Planning: Examining the Trends in Charitable Giving
  10. Scenario Planning: Examining Education Workforce Trends
  11. Governing With Intentionality: Practices That Correlate With Success
  12. Cyber Crime: A Growing Risk for Independent Schools
  13. 10 Books on Connection, Human Nature, and Building Trust
  14. The Social-Emotional Foundations of Learning
  15. The Pre-K–12 Education Landscape: Trends, Learnings, and Questions
  16. The Forecast for Fundraising
  17. COVID-19 Has Changed Our World. Let’s Work Together to Make It a Better One
  18. The Pandemic of Misinformation
  19. The Essential Toolkit for Thriving Beyond the Pandemic
  20. The Leader’s Journey: From Hero to Co-Creator
  21. Robots Aren’t Taking the Jobs: Preparing for the Future of Work
  22. Taking the Long View to Eliminate Systemic Racism: A Systems Thinking Approach
  23. Pandemic School Models Accelerate Disruption
  24. Value, Price, and the Emerging Market
  25. Let’s Read, Listen, and Connect to Bridge Political Differences
  26. Intentionally Investing in Online Learning
  27. A Conversation with Tyler Thigpen on School Transformation
  28. The NAIS 2025 and Beyond Initiative: An Invitation to Participate in Co-Creating Our Future
  29. A Conversation: 3 Heads Discuss Their Decision-Making Process Amid Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  30. Do Boomers and Millennials Approach Work Differently?
  31. Moving from Oversight to Foresight: Essential Work for the Board
  32. Shifting Our Lens on the Differently Abled
  33. To Be Successful in Today’s Education Market, Learn from the Past
  34. 5 Trends Driving the Future of Philanthropy
  35. Reading Your Way to a More Empathetic Self
  36. Identifying System Archetypes to Build High-performing Teams
  37. Change Is a Two-way Street
  38. The Future of the Teaching Workforce
  39. Improving Financial Sustainability: Schools Experiment With New Models
  40. A Call to Action: Let’s Close the Pay Gap in Independent Schools
  41. International Students: You Are Welcome Here!
  42. What We Can Learn from Higher Education: A New Era of Collaboration and Exploration
  43. Summer Reflection: Books to Spur New Perspectives
  44. The Anatomy of Governance and Leadership Meltdowns
  45. Artificial Intelligence: Will it Take Our Jobs or Enrich Our Lives?
  46. A Closer Look: Emerging Trends for 2018 and Beyond
  47. Empowering Leaders Through Coaching
  48. Transforming Our World Through the Lens of Gen Z
  49. How Does Technology Affect Teen Health and Well-Being?
  50. Independent Schools Address Educator Sexual Misconduct
  51. Harnessing the Power of Teams to Tackle Complex Challenges
  52. 10 Habits of Highly Effective Boards
  53. What to Read This Summer
  54. Your School’s Big Dream: Creating a Vision for the Future
  55. A Prescription for Rendering Rankings Moot
  56. From Scarcity to Opportunity in Your Socioeconomic Investment
  57. ​​Why Leadership Development Is Imperative for Succession Planning
  58. The Gateway to Transforming Our Schools’ Future: Defining Our Problems
  59. Honing in on a Whole New World of Leadership
  60. Move Over Helicopter Parents, The Drones Have Arrived
  61. A Generation Coming of Age
  62. The Power of Empathy in Leadership and Governance
  63. A New Way to Work: Five Ways to Engage Millennials
  64. The Impact of Excellent Teachers amid a Changing Teaching Workforce
  65. Upcoming Leadership Transitions Pose Challenge for Schools
  66. Service with a Passion
  67. Blue Ocean Thinking
  68. Authentic Leadership in an Era of Change
  69. The True and the New
  70. Identifying Opportunities
  71. On My Mind: A Reflection on NAIS Leadership and a Look Ahead
  72. On My Mind: Reflecting on a Career and Community
  73. On My Mind: Unpacking Strategy Work
  74. On My Mind: The Forces Shaping the Independent School Market
  75. On My Mind: Building a Resilient Workforce
  76. On My Mind: Leveraging Our Core Beliefs in Schools
  77. On My Mind: How to Prepare Students for Civic Engagement
  78. On My Mind: How to Prepare Students for Civic Engagement
  79. On My Mind: Pandemic-Related Workforce Trends
  80. On My Mind: Thriving Through Unprecedented Change
  81. On My Mind: Reimagining Philanthropy
  82. On My Mind: Addressing Systemic Racism in Our Schools and Communities
  83. On My Mind: Shifting the Culture of Overwork to Self-Care
  84. On My Mind: A Crisis at Our Door
  85. On My Mind: What Effective Board Work Looks Like
  86. On My Mind: Helping Schools Reclaim Their Why
  87. On My Mind: Teaching Cultural Agility
  88. On My Mind: Ensuring Student Health and Well-Being
  89. How the Third Education Revolution Is Shifting Our Approach to Learning
  90. The Fundraising Forecast and Why People Give
  91. Addressing Implicit Bias in the Hiring Process
  92. On My Mind: Teaching Failure Might Actually Be a Good Thing
  93. Polarity Management: A New Lens for Working Through Challenges
  94. The Power of Asking the Right Question
  95. From Competition to Collaboration: Independence and Power in the New Sharing Economy
  96. Why Hiring 'Givers' Matters