G&D Associates

Are you or someone you know ready to lead a district built to THRIVE?

Apply today to guide Liberty Public Schools into its next era of innovation, excellence, and community-connected learning as superintendent of schools. Visit https://tinyurl.com/LibertySupe to learn more.

Looking for a customized approach to finding your district’s next leader?

We design and facilitate superintendent search and hiring processes tailored to the unique needs of your students, staff, and community.

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"Around 58% of hiring managers said recent college graduates are unprepared for the workforce, according to a December survey from Intelligent, an online magazine focused on higher education." Interesting article that begs the question — how are we shifting our Pre-K through 26 systems to ensure graduates are ready after high school or college in an ever-evolving landscape?

Degree in hand, jobs out of reach: Why recent grads are struggling in a competitive market | CNN Business Graduating college no longer gives students a leg up in the workforce. They need real world experience, too. Now, colleges are stepping up their internships and co-op programs to fill the increasing need.

We have known and practiced this for years as a company and in our approach to consulting. We have helped several of our partners implement concrete actions that prioritize happiness.

The No. 1 benefit that keeps people happy at work, says exec in Finland: ‘It's not about the hours—it's about the results’ For one Finnish company, worker performance is "not about the hours — it's about the results."

The best actively seek out and receive coaching. It's not a remedial exercise.

Want to get great at something? Get a coach How do we improve in the face of complexity? Atul Gawande has studied this question with a surgeon's precision. He shares what he's found to be the key: having a good coach to provide a more accurate picture of our reality, to instill positive habits of thinking, and to break our actions down and th...

Leaders: As you welcome your staff members back in the coming weeks, don’t forget to go beyond encouraging wellness and balance. Commit to providing in-job strategies, coaching, accountability structures, and modeling. We can help.

Well designed exit interviews w/ any student who is leaving your school as well as seniors, 8th graders, & 5th graders can be as transformational as those conducted w/ staff who are retiring or leaving for other reasons. Empathy building for continuous improvement. We can help.

Making Exit Interviews Count In the knowledge economy, skilled employees are the assets that drive organizational success. Thus companies must learn from them—why they stay, why they leave, and how the organization needs to change. A thoughtful exit interview—whether it be a face-to-face conversation, a questionnaire, a sur...

We believe that all students should have meaningful input into the policies, practices, and approaches to learning in their school. This is a perfect time of year to shadow a student to really dig into the student experience. Reach out today to learn how we can help.

What one assistant principal learned from shadowing a student for a day Karen Ritter, an assistant principal at a high school just outside of Chicago, wanted to see her school through a student’s eyes. So she decided to follow 9t...

We provide professional learning, structures, and personal coaching for superintendents, their directors, and school leaders to ensure sustainability of critical work and a healthy pipeline of future leaders. Contact us about how we can help your district today!

Burnout of school superintendents on the rise across US When Martin County Schools Superintendent John Millay announced his intention to resign, it seemed to fit a trend lately of superintendents around the country.

G&D Associates honors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We admire his dedication and action toward making our country a better place with more opportunities for all.

“We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation, because the goal of America is freedom.”

We all can make a difference in this endeavor today and everyday.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘Letter From Birmingham Jail’ ‘The Atlantic’ published this landmark document of the civil-rights movement in the August 1963 issue