Board-CEO Relationship Archives - Page 3 of 18

CEO Leadership on the Governance Front: Reflections on an Emerging New Model

Mar 24, 2022

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...

A Rock-Solid Board President-CEO Leadership Team at Work at GCRTA

Mar 4, 2022

In the video interview we recently recorded, Rev. Charles Lucas, Board President, and India Birdsong, General...

Board Chair Development Is a Fine Art at Tupelo’s Community Development Foundation

Feb 16, 2022

The landscape of nonprofit/public governance has changed dramatically in recent years. In my travels around the country these days, I’m...

What’s in Your Board Chair’s Compensation Package?

Jan 19, 2022

I’ll never forget walking into a transit authority’s board room several years ago. I found the board chair – a highly influential attorney –...

What Are You Paying Your Board Chair?

Jan 12, 2022

A few years ago, I was chatting over lunch with the CEO of a national association about her incoming board chair. She was feeling pretty...

How Transit CEO-Aspirants Can Demonstrate Board-Savviness to Search Committees

Dec 8, 2021

A major ongoing theme of www.boardsavvytransitceo.com has been preparing executive team members who are what we call CEO-aspirants to build...

Pay Close Attention to Your Board Chair’s Non-Monetary Compensation

Nov 8, 2021

A couple of years ago, I was chatting over lunch with the CEO of a local nonprofit economic development corporation about her incoming board chair. ...

WeGo Public Transit’s Steve Bland: A Consummate Board-Savvy CEO in Action

Oct 26, 2021

As you’ll learn from the video interview I recently recorded with Steve Bland, Chief Executive Officer of WeGo Public Transit in Nashville, Steve is...