In the best of times fostering a positive district image in the eyes of community members and building close, productive relationships with key...
3 Superintendents on Meeting the Community Relations Challenge in Turbulent Times
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Year: 2021
Shared Leadership Traits of Successful Superintendents and Master Teachers
In Chicago recently to present a program for nonprofit chief executives on board-CEO relations, I made a side trip to visit a well-regarded...
SEPTA’s Leslie Richards: Passionate Out of the Box Innovator-in-Chief
What I call “out of the box” innovation is the road less traveled for many if not most public and nonprofit organizations for a number reasons. Out...
Boosting the Governing IQ of the CEO-Aspirants on Your Executive Team
I recently conducted a one-on-one coaching session with a newly minted CEO who – six months into his CEO-ship – had run into serious trouble with...
How Superintendent-Aspirants Can Demonstrate Board-Savviness to Search Committees
A major ongoing theme of www.boardsavvysuperintendent.com has been preparing cabinet members who are what we call superintendent-aspirants to build...
How Transit CEO-Aspirants Can Demonstrate Board-Savviness to Search Committees
A major ongoing theme of www.boardsavvytransitceo.com has been preparing executive team members who are what we call CEO-aspirants to build...
Strengthening Board Engagement at the Pasco EDC on CEO Bill Cronin’s Watch
“Well, to be honest, my role as a board member is apparently all about sitting through endless staff show and tell...
Pay Close Attention to Your Board Chair’s Non-Monetary Compensation
A couple of years ago, I was chatting over lunch with the CEO of a local nonprofit economic development corporation about her incoming board chair. ...
Boosting the Governing IQ of the Superintendent-Aspirants in Your Cabinet
Last August, sitting in on a Cabinet governance work session that Ehren Jarrett, Superintendent of the Rockford (Illinois) Public Schools, was...
Boosting the Governing IQ of the CEO-Aspirants on Your Executive Team
In the video interview that’s featured in the October 26 post at this blog, “WeGo Public Transit’s Steve Bland: a Consummate Board-Savvy CEO in...