A two-person executive office consisting of a chief executive officer and chief operating officer (typically known as “president”) is a staple in...
The CEO-COO Leadership Team at the Top
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Year: 2017
Two Defining Traits of Successful Chiefs of Staff
The June 15 article at this blog makes the case for the chief of staff position in the CEO’s office as a viable alternative to the CEO-chief...
Peers Presenting to Peers: a Powerful Change Tool
It definitely wasn’t your traditional reporting-back session on June 6 in Cleveland. Board President George Dixon and...
Leading the K-12 Enterprise
In Cleveland recently to facilitate a daylong board retreat, I dropped by the administrative headquarters of the Cleveland Metropolitan School...
The Chief of Staff Alternative To the CEO-COO Structure
The two most recent articles at this blog have explored the CEO-chief operating officer leadership structure, which has proved very effective in...
Aurora Jackson: a Board-Savvy CEO at the Helm at Lane Transit District
Listening to Aurora Jackson (“A.J.”) describe how she’d gone about building a solid partnership with her new board at the Lane Transit District...
Board-Savvy Superintendents Take “Caveat Emptor” to Heart
By all accounts, MaryEllen Elia was doing an outstanding job at the helm of the Hillsborough County Public Schools: significantly improving...
The CEO-COO Partnership: Thriving and Paying Big Dividends at Astor Services
In this new podcast, CEO Jim McGuirk and his Chief Operating Officer (COO), Renee Fillette, explain why the CEO-COO...
Have You Considered Adding a Chief Operating Officer To Your Executive Team?
A two-person executive office consisting of a chief executive officer who focuses on the relationship with the board, strategic planning, and...
Taking the Helm as CEO of Your District
We spent a lot of our time together last Saturday at the workshop I presented for AASA’s Aspiring Superintendents Academy (“Hit the Ground Running...