A sorely disappointed superintendent and I were talking a few days ago. She, her school board, and her senior administrators had gone through an...
First the Cake, Only Then the Icing
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Year: 2016
Your Stakeholders Are Worth Taking Very Seriously
The breakout group exercise was an even bigger hit than I expected – and a real eye-opener for everyone involved in the...
Another Insidious Foe To Avoid: Believing Board Committees Invite Micro-management.
One of the erroneous governance assumptions that I described in the radio interview I did for the Michigan Business Network a few days ago is...
My Hat’s Off To You – Dr. Goldman!
If we simply think about ourselves, our stress and our problems and what we have to deal with, we miss the greater view of life. It is not simply...
Looking Beyond Conventional Leadership and Management Literature
I could see several raised eyebrows in the CEO workshop I was running in Minneapolis a couple of weeks ago. I’d told the group that in recent years...
CEO Bill Carpenter On RTS’s Award Winning New Transit Center
The Regional Transit Service’s award-winning Transit Center, which was named 2016 Project of the Year by the American Public...
Another Insidious Foe To Watch Out For
“But won’t I be inviting my board members into my business and leaving myself open to the kind of micro-management that can really disrupt my...
Equipping Superintendent-Aspirants To Survive and Thrive In the Governing Arena
The same year the superintendent of a large urban school district was named “Superintendent of the Year” by her state association and was also a...
Two Extraordinary CEOs Spearhead Business Model Updates
This third podcast in our continuing series on nonprofit business model development features the CEOs of two very different...
Two Really Board-Savvy Superintendents On Board Evaluation of Their Performance
I got several quizzical looks when I suggested that school boards should pay close attention not only to the achievement of...