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Written and designed for the education professionals, Dr. Mott has delivered a priceless resource that every Head of School, Board Chair, board member, and trustee will want to keep close at hand.It is often the case when the leadership of a private or independent school faces an unusual or acute issue due to poor decisions and strategy. In those times, it can be crystal clear that grave errors in judgement were made years earlier in assembling the leadership team itself.With so much at stake, considering the importance of our private schools and the confidence placed in them by parents, school leadership must strive to adhere to best practices. To that end, Bill Mott lays down in organized fashion those best practices of school leadership. And through fictional and realistic Case Stories, relates precisely how issues arise from unhealthy practices and how schools can thrive and succeed by following the principles set forth in this book.Healthy Boards, Successful Schools is the result of an experientially rich career in leading schools, conducting executive searches, training board members, board chairs, and school CEOs. It has been selected as the text at the independent school leadership programs Vanderbilt and Mercer Universities.

At fifteen, Blanche Nero watches the electrocution of her Italian immigrant father, punishment for an inexplicable, brutal murder he has committed. She resolves to do something with her life that values humanity over justice, mercy over sacrifice. After a grueling but successful academic career, Blanche is almost sixty. Her long career as a trauma surgeon in New Orleans has been abruptly ended by Hurricane Katrina. She leases a small flat in Venice, seeking an understanding of her father in the place where he lived his formative years. On a cold morning in Piazza San Marco, Blanche meets Count Lorenzo Ludovici (Ludo), an aging, elegant, and mortally ill Venetian. As he introduces her to his beautiful city and his health deteriorates, Blanche becomes ever more fond of the count. Through a series of conversations, Blanche and Ludo discover each of them has private knowledge of interlocking pieces of their history. Blanche feels sadness of a depth that she has not felt before, but also a new sense of liberation.