I chatted with the CEO of a large nonprofit corporation a week ago, who was pleased to inform me that she had succeeded in getting her board to...
A Small, Un-diverse Board Is a Distinct Disadvantage In Today’s World
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Year: 2016
May the (Centrifugal) Force Not Be With You!
A few months ago at a team building retreat I was facilitating, involving the board, superintendent and her top administrators of a large suburban...
How Ironic – and Dangerous!
“How many of you have had a really comprehensive, in-depth course in working with a governing board – in graduate school or some other venue?” This...
When Procrastination Can Be a Virtue
I’m one of those old dogs who every so often needs to learn a new trick – actually, in today’s rapidly changing world, ever more frequently. For...
Cultivating the Art of Serendipity
The CEO of an aging services nonprofit I was working with around four years ago established a task force consisting of nine executives and senior...
The Blind Visionary: Keeping Her Ego in Check and Things in Perspective
Two previous articles at this blog have talked about Virginia Jacko, who lost her eyesight while serving as a senior financial executive at Purdue...