As our most of you know, Dave Stackrow and I are writing a book, “Becoming Your Board’s Chief Governing Partner: a Practical Guidebook for Transit...
Governing Isn’t a Piece of Cake
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CEO Doug Allen Keeps a Close Eye on His Preeminent Stakeholders at VRE
Doug Allen, Chief Executive Officer of Virginia Railway Express, doesn’t need to hear this true cautionary tale, as you’ll see from the podcast he...
Aurora Jackson: A Consummate Chief Governing Relationship Manager
Not long ago I spent three hours with the governance committee (including the chief executive) of the board of a large senior services nonprofit,...
Developing Your Board’s Governing Capacity Isn’t a Piece of Cake
The last two articles posted at this blog have taken a look at the transit CEO’s “Chief Board Developer” role, which Dave Stackrow, APTA Vice Chair,...
The CEO as Chief Board Developer: Part 2
The August 6 post at this blog makes the case for transit chief executives to play what I call the “Chief Board Developer” role, building the...
The CEO as Chief Board Developer: Part 1
Since strong, creative board leadership is one of the preeminent keys to your transit authority’s long-term success in this changing, challenging...
Beware of the Passive-Reactive Board
Over the years, a basically passive-reactive approach to governing – a model of sorts – has been passed down and has predominated – and probably...
Turning Your Board Into a Cohesive Governing Team: Part 2
As I noted in last week’s post at this blog, turning transit boards into really cohesive governing teams is no piece of cake, primarily because the...
Turning Your Board Into a Cohesive Governing Team: Part 1
Teamwork in the abstract is neither here nor there for public transit boards. The only serious reason for developing your board’s teamwork is to...
Cementing the Partnership With Your Board
This post has been adapted from an article that originally appeared in the Spring 2018 edition of the Association Forum’s “CEOnly Newsletter.” It...