In November 2022, the Board of Directors of the transit authority serving the residents of Kalamazoo, Michigan – METRO – took two critical steps...
Board Ownership Powers Kalamazoo METRO’s Board Capacity Building Initiative
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Board-CEO Relationship
WeGo Public Transit’s Steve Bland: A Consummate Board-Savvy CEO in Action
As you’ll learn from the video interview I recorded with Steve Bland, Chief Executive Officer of WeGo Public Transit in Nashville, Steve is a...
5 Critical Keys Series: #2 Forge an Especially Close Partnership With Your Board Chair
Over the years, I’ve almost always kicked off my governance workshops for public/nonprofit chief executives at annual conferences by asking...
CEO Leadership on the Governance Front: Reflections on an Emerging New Model
This is how the chief executive officer of a local economic development corporation responded to my question about engaging his board in the annual...
Joanna M. Pinkerton Leads a Panel Discussion on “Building a Solid Board-CEO Partnership”
I’m pleased to share the new video interview that our colleague Joanna M. Pinkerton, President/CEO of the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA),...
Board Chair Development Is a Fine Art at Tupelo’s Community Development Foundation
The landscape of nonprofit/public governance has changed dramatically in recent years. In my travels around the country these days, I’m...
A Rock-Solid Board President-CEO Leadership Team at Work at GCRTA
In the video interview we recently recorded, Rev. Charles Lucas, Board President, and India Birdsong, General...
How Transit CEO-Aspirants Can Demonstrate Board-Savviness to Search Committees
A major ongoing theme of www.boardsavvytransitceo.com has been preparing executive team members who are what we call CEO-aspirants to build...
Pay Close Attention to Your Board Chair: A Primo Stakeholder You Neglect at Your Peril
The special board work session had been scheduled to consider a key recommendation coming out of the daylong board-CEO-executive team governance...
4 Board-Savvy Transit CEOs Discuss Preparing CEO-Aspirants to Take the Helm
When CEO-aspirants take the helm of a transit authority, among the stiffest challenges they face is building a solid partnership with their new...