The special board work session had been scheduled to consider a key recommendation coming out of the daylong board-CEO-executive team governance...
Pay Close Attention to Your Board Chair: A Primo Stakeholder You Neglect at Your Peril
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Doug Eadie
4 Board-Savvy Transit CEOs Discuss Preparing CEO-Aspirants to Take the Helm
When CEO-aspirants take the helm of a transit authority, among the stiffest challenges they face is building a solid partnership with their new...
4 Board-Savvy Superintendents on Preparing Superintendent-Aspirants to Take the Helm
A few years ago a really bright and thoughtful superintendent almost 18 months into her first superintendency reached out to me for help. In our...
From Building Principal to Superintendent of the Bloomfield Hills Schools: Patrick Watson Meets the Change Challenge
As you’ll learn from the video interview I recently recorded with Patrick Watson, Superintendent of Michigan’s Bloomfield Hills Schools, Pat has...
Transit CEO Leadership on the Governance Front: Reflections on an Emerging New Model
This is how the chief executive officer of a large, urban public transit system responded to my question about engaging his board in the annual...
Superintendent Leadership on the Governance Front: An Emerging New Model
Over the course of my 35-plus years working with superintendents and their school boards, I’ve conducted hundreds of one-on-one interviews with...
Two Lynchpins of a High-Performing Board Committee Structure
While preparing for a four-hour Zoom work session a couple of weeks ago with the chief executive and executive team of a nonprofit economic...
Board Standing Committees Supercharge Virginia Beach City Schools Governance
The following post - one of our all-time most popular - features the experience of the Virginia Beach City Schools in employing well-designed Board...
Enriching ACCE Board Composition on CEO Sheree Anne Kelly’s Watch
This "Greatest Hit" originally appeared at www.extraordinaryceo.com in January 2021. It features my video interview with Sheree Anne Kelly,...
Joanna Pinkerton and Emille Williams Discuss the CEO-COO Partnership at COTA
This "Greatest Hit" post originally appeared at www.boardsavvytransitceo.com in January 2020. It is even more relevant today than three years ago...