Ahead in the Count Newsletter: August 2019

Ahead in the Count
a monthly newsletter for independent school leaders

August 9, 2019
 
In this edition, we dig into the elements that make up great enrollment professionals--the objective strategies that they use, and the rare combination of soft skills and personality profiles that define the most successful.

Director of Enrollment Action Figure
 
Here's how we define the qualities that make up highly effective PreK-8 or PreK-12 Directors of Enrollment.  The complicated Venn diagram gets pretty tight.

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Squishy
 
Good data and analysis will get you halfway there as enrollment professionals.  These are the soft skills in context that will move you the rest of the way toward excellence.

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Admission Director :: Knuckleball Catcher
 
I wrote this piece for Independent School magazine in 2012 to describe how one admission director responded successfully to the impact of the Great Recession.  Turns out this was the new paradigm for enrollment work. . . . and where Knuckleball Consulting got its name!

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Is Your Head in the Game?
 
Many more contemporary parents expect Heads to be closely engaged with them and their children, starting in the admission office.  If your Head is stuck behind the dais throughout the admission process (and beyond, alas), it's time to get your Head in the game!

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How Can We Help You?
 
At Knuckleball Consulting we provide services in enrollment assessment, leadership search, governance, and change management.  Contact us now; we look forward to the conversation.

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