Every truly extraordinary nonprofit and public sector CEO I’ve observed over the years has made leading strategic change a top priority, wearing...
Involving Your Board in Strategic Organizational Development
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Taking Core Values to Heart 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 nonprofit corporation...
That Vision Thing
You’ll recall that the last article posted at this blog discusses core values – serving as a prelude to the podcast that Lynne Thomas Gordon and...
About Your Core Values Statement: A Powerful Leadership Tool
Since two extraordinary nonprofit leaders – Lynne Thomas Gordon and Michelle Mason – will be recording a podcast for this blog on the recently...
Vision: Your Board’s Driver of Innovation and Change
A few months ago I sat in on a meeting of the board planning committee of a nonprofit economic development corporation. We were running through an...
Another Insidious Foe: That Strategic Planning is a Powerful Innovation Tool
I tell the following true story in my book Changing By Design (Josey-Bass): Almost thirty years ago, when I was serving as budget officer of a state...
Fostering Innovative CEO Leadership: a Conversation With Bob Eckardt
Whenever you come across a nonprofit organization that is thriving and growing in these rapidly changing, challenging times, you’re virtually...
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...
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...
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 –...