A growing number of really board-savvy chief executives around the country – among them school superintendents and the chief executives of state...
A Dynamic Board President-Executive Director Leadership Team at Work at MASA
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Board-Savvy CEOs
Board Ownership Powers Kalamazoo METRO’s Board Capacity Building Initiative
In November 2022, the Board of Directors of the transit authority serving the residents of Kalamazoo, Michigan – METRO – took two critical steps...
WeGo Public Transit’s Steve Bland: A Consummate Board-Savvy CEO in Action
As you’ll learn from the video interview I recorded with Steve Bland, Chief Executive Officer of WeGo Public Transit in Nashville, Steve is a...
Lessons Jeff Finkle Learned at the Helm of IEDC About the Board-CEO Partnership
One of my most satisfying and fulfilling experiences as a nonprofit/public governance adviser over the past forty years...
CEO Key #5: Turn Your Board Members Into Satisfied Owners of Their Governing Work
The Board of METRO, the public transit authority serving metropolitan Kalamazoo, Michigan, held a tremendously consequential meeting in November...
5 Critical Keys Series: #3 Cultivate an Up-Close-and-Personal Relationship With Each of Your Board Members
The following two true tales of woe feature chief executives who weren’t wearing one of their most critical CEO hats: Board Relationship...
5 Critical Keys Series: #2 Forge an Especially Close Partnership With Your Board Chair
Over the years, I’ve almost always kicked off my governance workshops for public/nonprofit chief executives at annual conferences by asking...
Your CEO Mindset is Key to Successfully Partnering With Your Board
A staple of my one-on-one governance coaching sessions with economic and community development CEOs in recent years has been the critical role that...
Transit CEO Leadership on the Governance Front: Reflections on an Emerging New Model
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...
CEO Leadership on the Governance Front: Reflections on an Emerging New Model
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...