Doug Eadie Blog
Two Seasoned Leaders On Board Engagement
In Governing at the Top (https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781475807158) I describe a phenomenon that I’m sure many superintendents have observed over the...
BJCTA Takes a Big Step Toward a Solid Board-CEO Partnership
Ann August, Executive Director (CEO) of the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority (BJCTA), and several of her top lieutenants were pretty...
Averting Needless and Costly Partings of the Ways
The last post at boardsavvysuperintendent.com features an outstanding K-12 leader, MaryEllen Elia, superintendent of the Hillsborough County Schools...
Hillsborough’s MaryEllen Elia on the Board-Superintendent Partnership
Looking over columns from The American School Board Journal early this afternoon, I came across one that appeared in May 2009, “Governance: A...
Ich Bin Ein Berliner
“I am a Berliner,” said President John F. Kennedy on June 26, 1963, speaking to an estimated 450,000 West Berliners from a platform erected on the...
Board Development By Design
The August 22, 2014 issue of APTA’s Passenger Transport includes a piece I wrote for the Commentary section, “Board Development by Design: A...
The Importance of Smiling at Fear
Last weekend I listened to a four-CD program by an American Buddhist nun, Pema Chodron. Titled “Smile at Fear,” the program, which was...
Craft Your Own CEO Mission Statement
An article in the January 6 issue of the New York Times, “In With the New Mission Statement,” opens with this bit of advice: “Forget the New...
Caveat Emptor
As you know, the Latin expression “caveat emptor” means “Let the buyer beware.” This is certainly sound advice in the field of nonprofit governance,...
Two Board-Savvy Nonprofit CEOs Discuss The Board-CEO Partnership
I was delighted when Jeff Finkle, President & CEO of the International Economic Development Council, and Stuart Rogel, President & CEO of the Tampa...
