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
CEO Leadership on the Governance Front: Reflections on an Emerging New Model
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...
What Are You Paying Your Board Chair?
A few years ago, I was chatting over lunch with the CEO of a national association about her incoming board chair. She was feeling pretty...
Solving the Board Development Puzzle: the What and the Why
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...
Crises Demand Energizers-in-Chief at All Levels
“The fog of despair hung over the land. One out of every four American workers lacked a job. Factories that had once darkened the skies with smoke...
Crises Demand Energizers-in-Chief at All Levels
“The fog of despair hung over the land. One out of every four American workers lacked a job. Factories that had once darkened the skies with smoke...
Using the CEO Evaluation Process to Help Cement Your Partnership With the Board
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...
Disney’s Innovator-in-Chief Robert Iger: CEO Visionary Par Excellence
“What can I do to get my board meaningfully engaged in leading innovation and change in my organization?” I hear variations of this very important...
Benjamin Limmer Takes the Helm at HART in Tampa
In the informative and fascinating podcast Ben Limmer, new Chief Executive Officer at the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART),...
Leaders, Teachers, Chief Executives: Birds of a Feather
In Chicago recently to present a program for nonprofit chief executives on board-CEO relations, I made a side trip to visit a well-regarded...