This instructive true story goes back almost 25 years. I’d worked really hard crafting what seemed like a pretty compelling report, recommending...
The Incredible Power Of Ownership
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Board Capacity Building
The Bully Pulpit
I recently finished Doris Kearns Goodwin’s fascinating, beautifully written history of the Progressive era and the presidencies of Theodore...
A Preeminent Community Foundation Fostering Nonprofit Excellence In Cleveland
I was delighted when Bob Eckardt, Executive Vice President of the Cleveland Foundation, accepted my invitation to record the podcast that’s featured...
Board Development By Design
A Board-Savvy CEO Role My June 9 blog post described facilitating a “high-impact governing” work session for the Santa Clara Valley...
Deciding To Take An Excellent Board To The Next Level At VTA
Over the years, I’ve often reminded participants in my workshops on board and CEO leadership that an organization’s “Strategic Governing Team” – the...
A POWERFUL NEW CHANGE PLANNING TOOL
(This and the following four blog posts are adapted from my book Leading Out-of-the-Box Change www.leadingoutoftheboxchange.com). I’m happy to...
The Critical Board Chair-CEO Alliance
When the CEO of a national professional association began to talk with her board chair about the need for board capacity building, she realized she...
THE BOARD-SAVVY CEO SEES THE BOARD AS A PRECIOUS ASSET
I’ve become adept at telling pretty quickly whether a CEO is board-savvy enough to succeed at building a really close, positive, and productive...
A CEO Governing Trick Of The Trade
During the half-day workshop I presented on February 10 at the CEO Seminar of the American Public Transportation Association in New Orleans, we...
The K-12 Governing Challenge
A Fragile Partnership in the Best of Times Over the years I’ve come across enough badly frayed board-superintendent partnerships to wonder if a...