“This feels wrong in so many ways. It feels reckless, careless and selfish. Of course we’re supposed to wait until we’re sure before we buzz. But...
Month: November 2017
Don’t Let Fear Become an Insidious Foe of Board-Superintendent Collaboration
Several months ago I listened to a four-CD program by an American Buddhist nun, Pema Chodron. Titled “Smile at Fear,” the program, which was...
Cleveland’s Joe Calabrese: Innovator Par Excellence
Over the past quarter-century I’ve learned that the public transportation authorities that are really good at getting significant, out of the box...
Involving Your Board in Strategic Organizational Development
Every truly extraordinary nonprofit and public sector CEO I’ve observed over the years has made leading strategic change a top priority, wearing...
Beware of Passionate Ownership of Mismanaged Change
“You’re pretty obviously over your head and can’t really understand what we’re doing. Instead of getting people riled up, why don’t you get...
It’s Curtain Time
The curtain fell on a splendid production. The superintendent couldn’t have been prouder of the chair of the school board’s new Strategic and...
Taking Core Values to Heart at the Association Forum of Chicagoland
A couple of months ago I was sitting in on a meeting of the board planning committee and CEO of a large nonprofit corporation...