Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men...
The Extraordinary CEO as Energizer-in-Chief
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Taking Economic and Community Development Leadership to the Next Level
Extraordinary CEOs Who Wear the Demystifier-in-Chief Hat
Little did I realize what I was getting into when I was offered my first managerial job after three years in the Peace Corps and graduate school –...
The CEO as Innovator-in-Chief
Over the past year, four podcasts addressing business model updating have been posted at this blog, featuring Rich Browdie of the Benjamin Rose...
Your Board Chair’s Paycheck
Around 14 months ago, I was chatting over lunch with the CEO of a national association about her incoming board chair. She was feeling pretty...
Your Stakeholders Are Worth Taking Very Seriously
The breakout group exercise was an even bigger hit than I expected – and a real eye-opener for everyone involved in the...
Looking Beyond Conventional Leadership and Management Literature
I could see several raised eyebrows in the CEO workshop I was running in Minneapolis a couple of weeks ago. I’d told the group that in recent years...
Two Extraordinary CEOs Spearhead Business Model Updates
This third podcast in our continuing series on nonprofit business model development features the CEOs of two very different...
Satisfied Owners Make For More Reliable Partners: Hearing From MSAE’s CEO Cheryl Ronk
During a recent “board-savvy CEO” workshop I was conducting, the president & CEO of a nonprofit economic development corporation provided the...
Insidious Foe #1: Governing Is Very Simply Policy Making
This is the first in a series of articles dealing with eight insidious foes of a solid board-CEO partnership. An insidious foe is an erroneous...
8 Insidious Foes of a Solid Board-CEO Partnership: A New Series
“Well, it’s all about policy making. In a nutshell, that’s what the board does, right – enact policies?” I’ve quoted verbatim from one of hundreds...
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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.