The GM, along with his top five executives, made sure the two incoming board members, neither of whom had been involved with public transportation...
Bringing New Board Members On Board – the Right Way
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Two Lynchpins of a High-Performing Board Committee Structure
While preparing for an upcoming workshop with the CEO of a transit authority and her executive team recently, focusing on the nuts and bolts details...
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...
The Engine Powering Your Transit Authority’s Governing Machine
Over the years I’ve often heard transit boards described as “policy-making bodies,” which doesn’t begin to convey the complexity of governing work. ...
Ownership: the Fuel that Powers Significant Board Change
Let’s begin with a sad and all-too-familiar true tale of woe that a transit general manager recounted to me in one of our early coaching sessions. A...
L A County’s Access Services’ Strategic Governing Team Explores Enriching Board Composition
Last week, I was privileged to facilitate a daylong "High-Impact Governing Work Session" involving the Board of Directors, chaired by Dolores...
Getting Your New Board Committees Off on the Right Foot
Whether newly created board standing committees find their sea legs early in their existence and are soon firmly established depends heavily on two...
3 Quick Fixes That Won’t Corral the Rogues on Your Board
Last week’s post at this blog talked about tried and true approaches to reining in “rogue” board members. I defined them as “trouble makers who...
Successfully Reining in Rogue Board Members
“What can we do about rogue board members?” I’ve heard this question countless times over the years in governance workshops I’ve presented at APTA...
Governing Isn’t a Piece of Cake
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...