Doug Eadie Blog
The Chief of Staff Alternative To a Chief Operating Officer
The May 19 post at this blog explored the CEO-chief operating officer leadership structure, which has proved very effective in freeing up CEO time...
More on the K-12 Enterprise: Creating Satisfied Indirect Customers
Later today Superintendent Nick Polyak (Leyden School District 212, Illinois) will join Geoff Luther, the owner of A-l Tool Corporation, and Frank...
The CEO-COO Leadership Team at the Top
A two-person executive office consisting of a chief executive officer and chief operating officer (typically known as “president”) is a staple in...
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...
