“You’re pretty obviously over your head and can’t really understand what we’re doing. Instead of getting people riled up, why don’t you get...
Beware of Passionate Ownership of Mismanaged Change
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Year: 2017
It’s Curtain Time
The curtain fell on a splendid production. The superintendent couldn’t have been prouder of the chair of the school board’s new Strategic and...
Taking Core Values to Heart at the Association Forum of Chicagoland
A couple of months ago I was sitting in on a meeting of the board planning committee and CEO of a large nonprofit corporation...
Engaging Board Members Creatively in Shaping the Annual Budget
The October 6 post at this blog made the case that superintendents – wearing the “Chief Governing Process Designer” hat – are well-advised to work...
Board-Savvy Superintendents Know That Owners Make For Reliable Partners
A light bulb went off while I was sitting in on a board-superintendent-executive team work session early in my consulting career. The...
CEO Nat Ford on Hitting the Ground Running As a New CEO
You’ve got to bring incredible passion to survive and thrive at the 24/7 job of heading a public transportation authority. If you don’t, there’s a...
Nat Ford on Hitting the Ground Running As a New CEO
You’ve got to bring incredible passion to survive and thrive at the 24/7 job of heading a public transportation authority. If you don’t, there’s a...
That Vision Thing
You’ll recall that the last article posted at this blog discusses core values – serving as a prelude to the podcast that Lynne Thomas Gordon and...
About Your Core Values Statement: A Powerful Leadership Tool
Since two extraordinary nonprofit leaders – Lynne Thomas Gordon and Michelle Mason – will be recording a podcast for this blog on the recently...
Two Preeminent Board Development Change Champions
The last post at this blog talked about the all-too-common resistance among board members to change on the governance front, often the result of...