A few years ago, the day after facilitating a daylong nonprofit board-CEO retreat at the Wallace Center of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt...
CEO Jeff Thomson: the Chief Energizer at Work at IMA
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Two Defining Traits of Successful Chiefs of Staff
The June 15 article at this blog makes the case for the chief of staff position in the CEO’s office as a viable alternative to the CEO-chief...
The Chief of Staff Alternative To the CEO-COO Structure
The two most recent articles at this blog have explored the CEO-chief operating officer leadership structure, which has proved very effective in...
The CEO-COO Partnership: Thriving and Paying Big Dividends at Astor Services
In this new podcast, CEO Jim McGuirk and his Chief Operating Officer (COO), Renee Fillette, explain why the CEO-COO...
So You’re Thinking About Adding a Chief Operating Officer To Your Executive Team?
A two-person executive office consisting of a chief executive officer and chief operating officer (typically known as “COO”) is a staple in the...
Don’t Let Your Board Beat You To the Punch
A couple of years ago I got a call from the chief executive of a regional transit authority who wanted to discuss a situation that was causing him...
Vision: Your Board’s Driver of Innovation and Change
A few months ago I sat in on a meeting of the board planning committee of a nonprofit economic development corporation. We were running through an...
Board-Savvy CEOs Don’t Bury Their Board in Paper
I recently sat in on a fascinating work session involving a nonprofit board’s performance oversight and monitoring committee, the CEO, CFO and...
Another Insidious Foe: That Strategic Planning is a Powerful Innovation Tool
I tell the following true story in my book Changing By Design (Josey-Bass): Almost thirty years ago, when I was serving as budget officer of a state...
Fostering Innovative CEO Leadership: a Conversation With Bob Eckardt
Whenever you come across a nonprofit organization that is thriving and growing in these rapidly changing, challenging times, you’re virtually...
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Doug Eadie’s professional passion and his company’s mission are to empower public and nonprofit organizations by building governing board capacity and developing rock-solid board chief executive partnerships. A nationally prominent organizational developer par excellence, Doug specializes in building the governing capacity of public school districts, public transit authorities, and economic development corporations.