The August 22, 2014 issue of APTA’s Passenger Transport includes a piece I wrote for the Commentary section, “Board Development by Design: A...
Board Development By Design
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Board Capacity Building
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...
Nonprofit Volunteer Leadership: A Moral Imperative
This afternoon I watched a video - for the fourth or fifth time - by an extraordinary nonprofit leader: Steve Goldman, MD, who has for several...
Anything But Wimpy
I’d just finished describing why standing committees were the ideal vehicle for a CEO to work with in mapping out and fine-tuning processes for...
Yes To Unifying Leadership – But A Caveat
In his column on the Op-Ed page of the November 25 New York Times, David Brooks describes the “unifying leader,” who is “skilled at the art of...
But The Trees Matter, Too
Experience has taught me – and most likely you – that CEOs who aspire to accomplish significant change initiatives, such as a merger of two...
Get Yourself Well-Evaluated By Your Board
My last post – “Welcome To Your New Profession: CEO!” – talks about the unique features of CEO-ship that make it different in kind from other...
Welcome To Your New Profession: CEO!
“I feel like I’ve changed professions,” the new president & CEO of an aging services organization said in our recent meeting. “You definitely...
Tips On Running a Successful Retreat
Board-savvy CEOs like Carm Basile, Steve Bland, and Susan Meyer have brought off really productive and energizing board-CEO-executive team retreats...