Leaders, Pioneers, and Change Agents
There are many remarkable aspects about Shrub Oak International School that make it a groundbreaking model for autism education. But none of these is more critical to our mission than our internationally renowned – and actively engaged – Advisory Board. The twelve individuals on the Shrub Oak Advisory Board were selected for their unique areas […]
Advantages of a Neurodiverse Workplace
The Americans with Disabilities Act, passed in 1990, sought to bring about sweeping change by prohibiting employment discrimination against individuals with disabilities. It was a good beginning. While some organizations embraced it with open arms, many have implemented policies akin to a compliance checklist for hiring employees with disabilities. Some 27 years later, we have […]
Aligning Mission and Culture Makes a Great Team for Student Success
Organizational culture has achieved acclaimed status as a primary lever for enhancing company effectiveness and competitiveness in Board Rooms and C-Suites alike. Yet long before that, employees and clients could easily articulate what it ‘felt like’ to work for, or with, an organization; descriptors ran the gamut from complementary to far less so. Now, armed […]
