Let me tell you a tale of two authorities’ very different approaches to presenting financial performance reports at their monthly board meetings. ...
board-CEO relations
Really Board-Savvy CEOs Avoid the Trap of Letterhead Board Members
Several posts at this blog have dealt with what I call “insidious foes” of a solid board-CEO working relationship. These are erroneous assumptions...
Board-Savvy CEOs Avoid Falling Into the Board Self-Assessment Trap
I received an email promo last week from a national nonprofit ballyhooing its board self-assessment “tool,” which reminded me of a true story that...
5 Facts of Life in the Rapidly Evolving “Field” of Public Transit Governance
Actually, governance – the leadership work of governing boards in close collaboration with their chief executive officers – isn’t yet a full-fledged...
David Stackrow, Master of the Governing Game, on the Board Chair-CEO Partnership
I’m delighted that David Stackrow was able to carve out an hour earlier this week for us to record a podcast focusing on the board chair-CEO working...
Making Sure Your Retreat Generates Powerful Outcomes
Over my thirty years of work with public transit CEOs and their boards, I’ve seen a number of transit authorities bring off board-CEO-executive team...
Leadership Lessons From a Highly Successful CEO
Not long into my first in-depth conversation with Curtis Stitt, I realized that I was in the company of an uncommonly thoughtful CEO who was a...
COTA’s CEO Curtis Stitt Reflects on Chief Executive Leadership
Not long into my first in-depth conversation with Curtis Stitt, I realized that I was in the company of an uncommonly thoughtful CEO who was a...
Don’t Let Your Board Beat You To the Punch
A couple of years ago I got a call from the chief executive of a regional transit authority who wanted to discuss a situation that was causing him...
Don’t Let Your Board Beat You To the Punch
A couple of years ago I got a call from the chief executive of a regional transit authority who wanted to discuss a situation that was causing him...