Doug Eadie Blog
A Small, Un-diverse Board Is a Distinct Disadvantage In Today’s World
I chatted with the CEO of a large nonprofit corporation a week ago, who was pleased to inform me that she had succeeded in getting her board to...
May the (Centrifugal) Force Not Be With You!
A few months ago at a team building retreat I was facilitating, involving the board, superintendent and her top administrators of a large suburban...
How Ironic – and Dangerous!
“How many of you have had a really comprehensive, in-depth course in working with a governing board – in graduate school or some other venue?” This...
When Procrastination Can Be a Virtue
I’m one of those old dogs who every so often needs to learn a new trick – actually, in today’s rapidly changing world, ever more frequently. For...
Cultivating the Art of Serendipity
The CEO of an aging services nonprofit I was working with around four years ago established a task force consisting of nine executives and senior...
The Blind Visionary: Keeping Her Ego in Check and Things in Perspective
Two previous articles at this blog have talked about Virginia Jacko, who lost her eyesight while serving as a senior financial executive at Purdue...
Breaking a Radical New Path To Understanding
I recognize the real Alexander Hamilton in “Hamilton.” Sometimes Lin-Manuel shades the character differently than I do in the book, but that’s only...
Strengthening Your Board’s Performance Management Is a Wise Investment
In early October CEO Alex Clifford and his Board at Santa Cruz Metro spent a half day together discussing developments in the rapidly changing field...
Keeping the Really High-Stakes Board Chair-CEO Partnership Healthy
An extremely busy CEO I worked with, who loved wielding the pen and was quite proficient at it, was regularlyemailing her...
Superintendent Gillian Chapman: Off To a Great Start in Teton County School District #1
Both seasoned and new superintendents, along with K-12 executives who are CEO-aspirants, have a lot to learn from my podcast interview with Gillian...
