This post is drawn from Chapter 3 of my forthcoming book, Building a High-Impact Board-Superintendent Partnership: 13 Critical Questions You Need...
Two Barriers to High-Impact Governing Performance
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Board Capacity Building
CEO Dave Genova on Getting Stakeholder Engagement Right at RTD-Denver
You’ll recall that in earlier posts at this blog we’ve defined “stakeholders” as individuals, groups, and organizations it makes sense to build and...
CEO Suzanne McCormick on Getting the CEO-COO Partnership Right at United Way Suncoast
Experience has taught me that no matter how well-designed, the chief executive officer-chief operating officer leadership structure can easily...
CEO Joe Marinucci on Creating the Downtown Cleveland Alliance
In my experience, the nonprofits that thrive and grow over the long run are headed by chief executive officers who devote at least 75 percent of...
Cementing the Partnership With Your Board
The following article appeared in the Spring 2018 edition of the Association Forum's "CEOnly Newsletter." It is reprinted here with the Forum's...
CEO Rob Paterkiewicz on Updating Selected Independent Funeral Homes’ Business Model
I’m pleased to share the fourth podcast in this blog’s ongoing series on updating nonprofit business models, featuring Rob Paterkiewicz, Executive...
Board Chair Trudy Bartley and CEO Joanna Pinkerton on Breaking the Traditional CEO Mold at COTA
Traditionally, at the top of the list of qualifications public transit boards specify when recruiting candidates for the CEO position is in-depth...
CEO Doug Allen Keeps a Close Eye on His Preeminent Stakeholders at VRE
Doug Allen, Chief Executive Officer of Virginia Railway Express, doesn’t need to hear this true cautionary tale, as you’ll see from the podcast he...
Caveat Emptor: an Axiom All Really Board-Savvy CEOs Take to Heart
To judge from participants’ questions during and after the workshop that I presented on September 25 at the American Public Transportation...
Developing Your Board’s Governing Capacity Isn’t a Piece of Cake
The last two articles posted at this blog have taken a look at the transit CEO’s “Chief Board Developer” role, which Dave Stackrow, APTA Vice Chair,...