I recently sat in on a fascinating work session involving a nonprofit board’s performance oversight and monitoring committee, the CEO, CFO and...
Board-Savvy CEOs Don’t Bury Their Board in Paper
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Year: 2017
Don’t Wait Until the 11th Hour To Do Succession Planning
Many, perhaps most, transit board members and CEOs see succession planning as a negative process that boards get involved in when their relationship...
Another Insidious Foe: That Strategic Planning is a Powerful Innovation Tool
I tell the following true story in my book Changing By Design (Josey-Bass): Almost thirty years ago, when I was serving as budget officer of a state...
Two More Tips For Transit CEO-Aspirants
I opened the “Hit the Ground Running With Your New Board” webinar I recently presented for the New York Public Transportation Association by...
Fostering Innovative CEO Leadership: a Conversation With Bob Eckardt
Whenever you come across a nonprofit organization that is thriving and growing in these rapidly changing, challenging times, you’re virtually...
Make Sure Your Board Does a Really Good Job of Evaluating Your Performance
The really board-savvy transit CEOs I’ve worked with over the years make sure that their board regularly evaluates their performance, employing a...
Our Land of Opportunity – Still
This article originally appeared at my DougEadie.com blog a little under a year ago. I thought it might resonate with our readers today. “You...
Our Land of Opportunity – Still
This article originally appeared at my DougEadie.com blog a little under a year ago. I thought it might resonate with our readers today. “You...
Ownership: the Breakfast of Change Champions
I sat in on a really consequential meeting a little over a year ago. The board planning and development committee of a state professional...
Six Hats that Extraordinary Transit CEOs Wear
As part of my transit and nonprofit CEO coaching work over the past several years, I’ve developed six “hats” that – in my experience – really...