I’ll be in Chicago this coming weekend, speaking to around 300 chief executives from all over the country about practical ways to build and maintain...
Four Governing Hats New-Model CEOs Wear
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Taking Economic and Community Development Leadership to the Next Level
Sue Buchholtz: Serial Social Entrepreneur
Sue Buchholtz, then President & CEO of The Spring, a nonprofit serving victims of domestic violence, made a vivid impression when I first met...
CEO Jeff Thomson: the Chief Energizer at Work at IMA
This post and accompanying podcast by IMA President and CEO Jeff Thomson originally appeared in August 2017. It's being re-posted because of the...
CEO Jeff Knueppel Walks the Employee Engagement Talk at SEPTA
Early in my career I experienced at close range a CEO not walking his talk. I was serving as chief of staff to the president of a large...
METRO’s Tom Lambert: Consummate Innovator-in-Chief
The podcast that Tom Lambert, President & CEO of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, recorded for this blog describes METRO’s...
Emerging New CEO Governing Model
The following article is excerpted from Doug Eadie and Dave Stackrow’s forthcoming book, Becoming Your Board’s Chief Governing Partner: a Practical...
The Captain of Your Strategic Governing Team
The following article is excerpted from Doug Eadie and Dave Stackrow's forthcoming book, Becoming Your Board's Chief Governing Partner: a Practical...
Building a New Board-CEO Partnership at the American Association of Orthodontists
The most recent podcast in this blog’s ongoing series on building solid board-CEO partnerships features my interview with Board Chair Dr. Brent...
Taking Core Values Seriously at the Association Forum of Chicagoland
A couple of months ago I was sitting in on a meeting of the board planning committee and CEO of a large regional nonprofit corporation engaged in...
COTA’s Board Chair and CEO Talk About Breaking the Traditional CEO Mold
Traditionally, at the top of the list of qualifications public transit boards specify when recruiting candidates for the CEO position is in-depth...
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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.