“This couldn’t be more different from what many people call strategic planning,” I thought to myself as I listened to the...
Planning Out of the Box: Updating CSAE’s Business Model, Part Two
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Taking Economic and Community Development Leadership to the Next Level
What Makes Women Such Effective Board Members?
Karen Philbrick “What makes women such effective board members?” That question came up over a glass of wine at the Women’s Transportation Seminar...
The Canadian Society of Association Executives Updates Its Business Model: Part One
The February 26 article at this blog, “About Nonprofit Business Models,” defines the term “business model” as a description...
About Nonprofit Business Models – A New Series of Podcasts
A local nonprofit serving adults and children with learning disabilities launches a number of business ventures (known as “social enterprises”) to...
What, Me Worry About a Big Board?
“Why in heaven’s name would I even consider it?” This how my colleague Jeff Finkle, President & CEO of the International...
A Small, Un-diverse Board Is a Distinct Disadvantage In Today’s World
I chatted with the CEO of a large nonprofit corporation a week ago, who was pleased to inform me that she had succeeded in getting her board to...
When Procrastination Can Be a Virtue
I’m one of those old dogs who every so often needs to learn a new trick – actually, in today’s rapidly changing world, ever more frequently. For...
Cultivating the Art of Serendipity
The CEO of an aging services nonprofit I was working with around four years ago established a task force consisting of nine executives and senior...
The Blind Visionary: Keeping Her Ego in Check and Things in Perspective
Two previous articles at this blog have talked about Virginia Jacko, who lost her eyesight while serving as a senior financial executive at Purdue...
Keeping the Really High-Stakes Board Chair-CEO Partnership Healthy
An extremely busy CEO I worked with, who loved wielding the pen and was quite proficient at it, was regularlyemailing her...
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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.