Over the quarter-century I’ve been working with public and nonprofit chief executive officers, I’ve noticed that the ones who...
CEO leadership
Greenlight Pinellas: A Pothole on the Road to Ultimate Success
Residents of Pinellas County, Florida who, like me, are strong supporters of expanding public transportation options in this increasingly gridlocked...
The Leadership Cost of Taking a Tiger By the Tail
My weekly English tutoring sessions via Skype with my Taiwanese friends and students, Donyou Chen and his lovely wife Yuwen Chang (known as “TY” and...
5 Extraordinary CEOs Discuss Recent Great Reads: Continuing Our Look at Your Own Professional Development
The June 10 post at extraordinaryceo.com features a podcast by CEOs Michael Anderson and Chris Fox, who discuss the approaches they take to...
CEOs Jeff Finkle and Michelle Mason on Character and Leadership
Our July 7 post at this blog, “About Character and CEO Leadership,” takes a look at various elements making up a person’s...
About Character and CEO Leadership
I was really pleased that two extraordinary CEOs serving on this blog’s CEO Advisory Committee – Jeff Finkle, President/CEO of the International...
Michael Melaniphy on 21st Century Leadership Challenges
I was extremely pleased when APTA's CEO Michael Melaniphy, who is a member of this blog's CEO Advisory Committee, offered to spend around 30 minutes...
BJCTA Takes a Big Step Toward a Solid Board-CEO Partnership
Ann August, Executive Director (CEO) of the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority (BJCTA), and several of her top lieutenants were pretty...
Learn From a Dynamic Board Chair-CEO Duo
In my newest book, The Board-Savvy CEO, I treat the board chair-CEO working relationship as one of the preeminent keys to keeping the board-CEO...