The May 19 post at this blog explored the CEO-chief operating officer leadership structure, which has proved very effective in freeing up CEO time...
The Chief of Staff Alternative To a Chief Operating Officer
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Aurora Jackson: a Board-Savvy CEO at the Helm at Lane Transit District
Listening to Aurora Jackson (“A.J.”) describe how she’d gone about building a solid partnership with her new board at the Lane Transit District...
Have You Considered Adding a Chief Operating Officer To Your Executive Team?
A two-person executive office consisting of a chief executive officer who focuses on the relationship with the board, strategic planning, and...
Don’t Wait Until the 11th Hour To Do Succession Planning
Many, perhaps most, transit board members and CEOs see succession planning as a negative process that boards get involved in when their relationship...
Two More Tips For Transit CEO-Aspirants
I opened the “Hit the Ground Running With Your New Board” webinar I recently presented for the New York Public Transportation Association by...
Make Sure Your Board Does a Really Good Job of Evaluating Your Performance
The really board-savvy transit CEOs I’ve worked with over the years make sure that their board regularly evaluates their performance, employing a...
Six Hats that Extraordinary Transit CEOs Wear
As part of my transit and nonprofit CEO coaching work over the past several years, I’ve developed six “hats” that – in my experience – really...
CEOs Leading From Their Bully Pulpit
Over the holidays, I re-read Doris Kearns Goodwin’s The Bully Pulpit, a superb study of the Progressive Era and the administrations of Presidents...
Don’t Fall Into the Policy Governance Trap
A year or so ago, I got a call from a transit CEO desperate for help. The year before, he explained, his board had adopted a “policy governance...
Not Much Glamour – But This Apparent Sow’s Ear Is Really a Silk Purse
“That doesn’t really sound very CEO-like” That was the initial reaction of a transit GM in our coaching session a couple of years ago when I...