Residents of Pinellas County, Florida who, like me, are strong supporters of expanding public transportation options in this increasingly gridlocked...
Greenlight Pinellas: A Pothole On The Road To Ultimate Success
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Board Capacity Building
Jeff Thomson: From For-Profit Executive To Nonprofit Association CEO
Jeff Thomson has been tremendously successful and has found deep satisfaction as President and CEO of IMA (the Association of Accountants and...
There’s a Right Way to Involve Your Board in Governance Self-Assessment
Our previous post, “Don’t Get Caught in the Board Self-Assessment Trap,” tells the true story of a GM who’d been talked into having his board...
The Powerful Case For a Diverse Board
At the recent chief executive workshops I presented for the Florida and Virginia Societies of Association Executives, a very familiar question came...
Cleveland Orchestra Miami: A Venerable Performing Arts Institution Leads Strategic Change
Founded in 1918, the Cleveland Orchestra has become one of the most sought-after performing ensembles in the world and has long been numbered among...
Sensible Failure
I wish I’d had a copy of a new book I’m going to tell you about when, years ago, I was engaged in an agonizing personal struggle. Then a community...
Don’t Get Caught In the Board Self-Assessment Trap
I received an email promo last week from a national nonprofit ballyhooing its board self-assessment “tool,” which reminded me of a true story that...
The Leadership Cost Of Taking A Tiger By The Tail
My weekly English tutoring sessions via Skype with my Taiwanese friends and students, Donyou Chen and his lovely wife Yuwen Chang (known as “TY” and...
Bringing New Board Member 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...
Whither Volunteer Involvement In Our Nonprofits?
In their informative and thought-provoking new podcast, two seasoned nonprofit leaders – Mick Fleming, President of the Association of Chamber of...