Board-CEO Relationship Archives - Page 5 of 18

Crises Demand Energizers-in-Chief at All Levels

Mar 31, 2020

“The fog of despair hung over the land. One out of every four American workers lacked a job. Factories that had once darkened the skies with smoke...

Don’t Count on Even Superb Performance Always Cutting it!

Mar 20, 2020

When I walked in Rich’s office for our weekly project review meeting, I found him slumped at his desk looking distraught. When I asked him what’d...

Using the CEO Evaluation Process to Help Cement Your Partnership With the Board

Mar 9, 2020

As always, I learned as much as I taught from the economic development chief executives participating in the workshop I presented on February 10 at...

CEO Evaluation: a Potentially Powerful Relationship Adhesive

Mar 9, 2020

At a daylong “High-Impact Governing Work Session” last fall, the board, executive director/CEO and executive team of Access Services in Los Angeles...

David Stackrow: Transit Volunteer Extraordinaire

Jul 3, 2019

By virtue of his or her highly visible and influential position as “CEO” of the board, a chair can . . .play a leading role in educating board...

Leaders, CEOs, Teachers: Birds of a Feather

May 6, 2019

In Chicago recently to present a program for nonprofit chief executives on board-CEO relations, I made a side trip to visit a well-regarded...

Board Evaluation of CEO Performance Can Be a Powerful Relationship Builder

Apr 24, 2019

Dave Stackrow and I weren’t able to cover the segment on board evaluation of CEO performance because we chose to leave more...

Four Governing Hats New-Model CEOs Wear

Apr 10, 2019

I’ll be in Chicago this coming weekend, speaking to around 300 chief executives from all over the country about practical ways to build and maintain...