In the video interview we recently recorded, Rev. Charles Lucas, Board President, and India Birdsong, General...
A Rock-Solid Board President-CEO Leadership Team at Work at GCRTA
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Bagging Three Big Feathered Friends
Let me tell you a tale of two school districts’ very different approaches to presenting financial performance reports at their monthly board...
Getting Off on the Right Foot With Your New Board
Déjà vu All Over Again A little over four years ago, listening to my new superintendent coaching client – who had recently taken the helm of a...
Passing the Search Committee Test: 5 Practical, Tested Tips
We all know that superintendent tenure has been steadily – and dramatically – declining all over the country. So far as I can tell, superintendent...
Beware of the Emperor’s New Clothes Syndrome
“You’re pretty obviously over your head and can’t really understand what we’re doing. Instead of getting people riled up, why don’t you get...
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...
President Jennifer Adair and Retiring Superintendent Talisa Dixon: the Columbus City Schools’ Dynamic Leadership Duo
The Columbus City School District was fortunate to have a dynamic, cohesive leadership team at the helm in the person of Board President Jennifer...
King Richard III: Making the Case For Proactive, Aggressive Image Building
And therefore since I cannot prove a lover to entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain and hate the idle pleasures...
Bringing New Board Members On Board – the Right Way
The GM, along with his top five executives, made sure the two incoming board members, neither of whom had been involved with public transportation...
Training a Weak Tool for Boosting Board Performance
In his column in the January 1, 2021 issue of the New York Times, “We Just Saw How Minds Aren’t Changed,” David Brooks observes that our society's...