Donna Orem
Donna Orem is a former president of NAIS.
Articles
- Adaptive Leadership, Part 3: Surviving the Messy Middle of Adaptive Change
- On My Mind: A Reflection on NAIS Leadership and a Look Ahead
- Adaptive Leadership, Part 2: The Six Behaviors of Adaptive Leaders
- Adaptive Leadership, Part 1: Technical or Adaptive Challenge?
- Navigating 2023: What Should Be on School Leaders’ Radar?
- On My Mind: Reflecting on a Career and Community
- Scenario Planning: Examining the Trends in Charitable Giving
- On My Mind: Unpacking Strategy Work
- Scenario Planning: Examining Education Workforce Trends
- Scenario Planning: 4 Trends to Know for Sustainable Enrollment
- Governing With Intentionality: Practices That Correlate With Success
- On My Mind: The Forces Shaping the Independent School Market
- On My Mind: Building a Resilient Workforce
- Cyber Crime: A Growing Risk for Independent Schools
- 10 Books on Connection, Human Nature, and Building Trust
- The Social-Emotional Foundations of Learning
- On My Mind: Leveraging Our Core Beliefs in Schools
- The Pre-K–12 Education Landscape: Trends, Learnings, and Questions
- The Forecast for Fundraising
- On My Mind: How to Prepare Students for Civic Engagement
- On My Mind: How to Prepare Students for Civic Engagement
- COVID-19 Has Changed Our World. Let’s Work Together to Make It a Better One
- A New Value Proposition for Higher Education?
- The Pandemic of Misinformation
- On My Mind: Pandemic-Related Workforce Trends
- The Essential Toolkit for Thriving Beyond the Pandemic
- On My Mind: Thriving Through Unprecedented Change
- The Leader’s Journey: From Hero to Co-Creator
- On My Mind: Reimagining Philanthropy
- Robots Aren’t Taking the Jobs: Preparing for the Future of Work
- Taking the Long View to Eliminate Systemic Racism: A Systems Thinking Approach
- Pandemic School Models Accelerate Disruption
- On My Mind: Addressing Systemic Racism in Our Schools and Communities
- Value, Price, and the Emerging Market
- Let’s Read, Listen, and Connect to Bridge Political Differences
- On My Mind: Shifting the Culture of Overwork to Self-Care
- Intentionally Investing in Online Learning
- A Conversation with Tyler Thigpen on School Transformation
- A Recipe for Thriving in Uncertain Times
- The NAIS 2025 and Beyond Initiative: An Invitation to Participate in Co-Creating Our Future
- On My Mind: A Crisis at Our Door
- A Conversation: 3 Heads Discuss Their Decision-Making Process Amid Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- On My Mind: What Effective Board Work Looks Like
- Thriving Amid Change: A Leader’s Guide to Developing Strategy and Staying the Course
- Do Boomers and Millennials Approach Work Differently?
- On My Mind: Helping Schools Reclaim Their Why
- Moving from Oversight to Foresight: Essential Work for the Board
- Shifting Our Lens on the Differently Abled
- To Be Successful in Today’s Education Market, Learn from the Past
- On My Mind: Teaching Cultural Agility
- 5 Trends Driving the Future of Philanthropy
- On My Mind: Ensuring Student Health and Well-Being
- Developing a Risk Culture to Support School Mission and Vision
- Reading Your Way to a More Empathetic Self
- Identifying System Archetypes to Build High-performing Teams
- How the Third Education Revolution Is Shifting Our Approach to Learning
- Change Is a Two-way Street
- The Future of the Teaching Workforce
- The Fundraising Forecast and Why People Give
- Improving Financial Sustainability: Schools Experiment With New Models
- A Call to Action: Let’s Close the Pay Gap in Independent Schools
- International Students: You Are Welcome Here!
- Addressing Implicit Bias in the Hiring Process
- What We Can Learn from Higher Education: A New Era of Collaboration and Exploration
- On My Mind: Teaching Failure Might Actually Be a Good Thing
- Juuling: An Alarming Trend Reversing Decades of Health Gains
- Summer Reflection: Books to Spur New Perspectives
- The Anatomy of Governance and Leadership Meltdowns
- Polarity Management: A New Lens for Working Through Challenges
- Artificial Intelligence: Will it Take Our Jobs or Enrich Our Lives?
- A Closer Look: Emerging Trends for 2018 and Beyond
- The Power of Asking the Right Question
- Empowering Leaders Through Coaching
- Transforming Our World Through the Lens of Gen Z
- Why Hiring 'Givers' Matters
- How Does Technology Affect Teen Health and Well-Being?
- Independent Schools Address Educator Sexual Misconduct
- Harnessing the Power of Teams to Tackle Complex Challenges
- 10 Habits of Highly Effective Boards
- From Competition to Collaboration: Independence and Power in the New Sharing Economy
- What to Read This Summer
- Your School’s Big Dream: Creating a Vision for the Future
- A Prescription for Rendering Rankings Moot
- From Scarcity to Opportunity in Your Socioeconomic Investment
- The True and the New
- Authentic Leadership in an Era of Change
- Why Leadership Development Is Imperative for Succession Planning
- The Gateway to Transforming Our Schools’ Future: Defining Our Problems
- Honing in on a Whole New World of Leadership
- Blue Ocean Thinking
- Move Over Helicopter Parents, The Drones Have Arrived
- A Generation Coming of Age
- The Power of Empathy in Leadership and Governance
- Identifying Opportunities
- A New Way to Work: Five Ways to Engage Millennials
- The Impact of Excellent Teachers amid a Changing Teaching Workforce
- Upcoming Leadership Transitions Pose Challenge for Schools
- Service with a Passion