Archive for January, 2018
5 Facts of Life in the Rapidly Evolving “Field” of Public Transit Governance
Doug Eadie
Actually, governance – the leadership work of governing boards in close collaboration with their chief executive officers – isn’t yet a full-fledged field. It’s getting there, but still can’t claim the set of universally accepted core principles and thoroughly tested best practices that you expect a fully developed field to have. Instead, principles and practices are heatedly debated, and oodles of really dangerous advice – what I think of as “insidious foes” – can damage board performance and erode the board-CEO working relationship. I call these dangerous bits of advice “insidious” because they can sound quite plausible – … Read the rest
David Stackrow, Master of the Governing Game, on the Board Chair-CEO Partnership
David Stackrow
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 relationship. Dave’s one of the busiest public/nonprofit leaders I’ve worked with over the past quarter-century. Managing Partner of Scott Stackrow Co., P.C., a thriving financial services firm, Dave not only chairs the Board of Directors of the Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA; Albany, NY), but also serves as Vice Chair of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), a new role requiring extensive travel.
No leader I can think of is more … Read the rest
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