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...
Taking Core Values Seriously at the Association Forum of Chicagoland
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Innovation/Change Management
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...
Thoughts on True Humility and Senator John McCain
Thinking about Senator John McCain this morning – along with millions of my fellow Americans and admirers around the world - reminded me of the...
CEO Dave Genova on Getting Stakeholder Engagement Right at RTD-Denver
You’ll recall that in earlier posts at this blog we’ve defined “stakeholders” as individuals, groups, and organizations it makes sense to build and...
CEO Joe Marinucci on Creating the Downtown Cleveland Alliance
In my experience, the nonprofits that thrive and grow over the long run are headed by chief executive officers who devote at least 75 percent of...
CEO Rob Paterkiewicz on Updating Selected Independent Funeral Homes’ Business Model
I’m pleased to share the fourth podcast in this blog’s ongoing series on updating nonprofit business models, featuring Rob Paterkiewicz, Executive...
Nonprofit Business Models Redux
Updating nonprofit business models has been a major theme of this blog, with posts featuring podcasts by Richard Browdie, CEO of the Benjamin Rose...
The Miami Lighthouse: An Innovation Engine on CEO Virginia Jacko’s Watch
Virginia Jacko and I tell her incredible true story in our book The Blind Visionary (www.GovernanceEdge.com): losing her eyesight while serving as...
CEO Michael Terry Spearheads Innovative Health and Wellness Initiatives
Innovation planning and management has been a major theme at this blog, so I'm pleased to feature CEO Michael Terry's leadership at the Indianapolis...
Buzzer Management: Key to Innovation
“This feels wrong in so many ways. It feels reckless, careless and selfish. Of course we’re supposed to wait until we’re sure before we buzz. But...