This is how the chief executive officer of a large, urban public transit system responded to my question about engaging his board in the annual...
Transit CEO Leadership on the Governance Front: Reflections on an Emerging New Model
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Ownership: the Fuel that Powers Significant Board Change
Let’s begin with a sad and all-too-familiar true tale of woe that a transit general manager recounted to me in one of our early coaching sessions. A...
Superintendent Leadership on the Governance Front: An Emerging New Model
Over the course of my 35-plus years working with superintendents and their school boards, I’ve conducted hundreds of one-on-one interviews with...
The Retreat as a Board Capacity Building Vehicle
Experience has taught me that a retreat involving your school board and senior administrators can be a powerful tool for building your board’s...
Two Lynchpins of a High-Performing Board Committee Structure
While preparing for a four-hour Zoom work session a couple of weeks ago with the chief executive and executive team of a nonprofit economic...
Board Spear Carriers: Committees Protect the CEO’s Line of Credit
Over the course of my 30-plus years of work with public transit boards and their CEOs, I’ve learned that executives aspiring to take the helm of a...
Enriching ACCE Board Composition on CEO Sheree Anne Kelly’s Watch
This "Greatest Hit" originally appeared at www.extraordinaryceo.com in January 2021. It features my video interview with Sheree Anne Kelly,...
Joanna Pinkerton and Emille Williams Discuss the CEO-COO Partnership at COTA
This "Greatest Hit" post originally appeared at www.boardsavvytransitceo.com in January 2020. It is even more relevant today than three years ago...
David Schuler on Preparing Aspiring Superintendents for the Top Spot
This post, featuring my video interview with Dave Schuler, incoming Executive Director of the American Association of School Administrators,...
Reining in the Rogues
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