board-CEO relations Archives - Doug Eadie & Company

CEO Leadership on the Governance Front: Reflections on an Emerging New Model

Mar 24, 2022

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...

CEO Leadership on the Governance Front: Reflections on an Emerging New Model

Mar 24, 2022

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...

Pay Close Attention to Your Board Chair’s Non-Monetary Compensation

Nov 8, 2021

A couple of years ago, I was chatting over lunch with the CEO of a local nonprofit economic development corporation about her incoming board chair. ...

Solving the Board Development Puzzle: the What and the Why

Mar 25, 2021

The half-day Zoom governance workshop I presented a couple of weeks ago for 25-some CEOs of a diverse array of economic and community development...

Using the CEO Evaluation Process to Help Cement Your Partnership With the Board

Mar 9, 2020

As always, I learned as much as I taught from the economic development chief executives participating in the workshop I presented on February 10 at...

Four Governing Hats New-Model CEOs Wear

Apr 10, 2019

I’ll be in Chicago this coming weekend, speaking to around 300 chief executives from all over the country about practical ways to build and maintain...

COTA’s Board Chair and CEO Talk About Breaking the Traditional CEO Mold

Nov 2, 2018

Traditionally, at the top of the list of qualifications public transit boards specify when recruiting candidates for the CEO position is in-depth...

Turning Your Board Members Into a Cohesive Governing Team: Part 2

Aug 6, 2018

As I noted in the July 25 post at this blog, turning nonprofit boards into really cohesive governing teams is no piece of cake, primarily because of...