This article originally appeared at my DougEadie.com blog a little under a year ago. I thought it might resonate with our readers today. “You...
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Extraordinary CEO Blog Archive
Taking Economic and Community Development Leadership to the Next Level
Ownership: the Breakfast of Change Champions
I sat in on a really consequential meeting a little over a year ago. The board planning and development committee of a state professional...
Kick Off 2017 By Updating Your CEO Governance Strategy
Preparing for a recent CEO coaching session, I fine-tuned the process that I’d developed several years ago for updating the CEO’s Governance...
Association Forum CEO Michelle Mason on Developing Her Board’s Composition
Extraordinary nonprofit chief executives are extraordinarily board-savvy, meaning that among other things they take accountability for playing the...
IEDC President & CEO Jeff Finkle on Learning From Mistakes
The last article posted at this blog, “So Tell Us About Your Failures,” makes the point that all CEOs fail at one time or another, but truly...
So Tell Us About Your Failures
Years ago I was working as a coach to a CEO search committee that was developing the questionnaire they’d be using in interviewing candidates for...
Abe Abraham on Thinking Your Way Out of the Ditch
I’m pleased to wholeheartedly recommend Abe Abraham’s new book, Thinking Your Way Out of the Ditch, which Abe describes in the podcast he recently...
The Blind Visionary Reaches Out Aggressively
Virginia Jacko is one of the most extraordinary CEOs I’ve ever worked with. Not only did she start all over again as a vocational rehabilitation...
Another Insidious Foe: Assuming That Fund Raising is a Key Governing Function
In one of the “board-savvy CEO” workshops I conducted recently, a participant – visibly upset – challenged my assertion that raising money wasn’t a...
Seven Extraordinary CEOs Wearing the Creator-in-Chief Hat
Extraordinary CEOs Michael Anderson (Canadian Society of Association Executives), Jeff Finkle (International Economic Development Council), Rick...
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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.