This is how the chief executive officer of a local economic development corporation responded to my question about engaging his board in the annual...
CEO Leadership on the Governance Front: Reflections on an Emerging New Model
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Extraordinary CEO Blog Archive
Taking Economic and Community Development Leadership to the Next Level
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...
An Innovation Engine at Work: the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
Nonprofit and public organizations blessed with visionary, determined board and executive team members are capable of...
King Richard III: Making the Case For Proactive, Aggressive Image Building
And therefore since I cannot prove a lover to entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain and hate the idle pleasures...
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...
Your CEO Mindset is Key to Successfully Partnering With Your Board
A staple of my one-on-one governance coaching sessions with economic and community development CEOs in recent years has been the critical role that...
Two Lynchpins of a High-Performing Board Committee Structure
While preparing for a four-hour Zoom work session a couple of weeks ago with the chief executive and executive team of a nonprofit economic...
Well-Designed Retreats Can Be Powerful Governing Vehicles
Retreats have become a popular vehicle for involving nonprofit board members, their CEOs, and executives in accomplishing high-impact governing work...
CEO-Aspirants Need to Understand How to Protect the CEO Line of Credit
Over the course of my 30-plus years of work with economic development organization boards and their CEOs, I’ve learned that executives aspiring to...
Nathan Ohle Puts Stakeholder Relations Front and Center in Taking the Helm at IEDC
Building and maintaining close, positive, productive, and enduring working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders is now widely...
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Doug Eadie’s professional passion and his company’s mission are to empower public and nonprofit organizations by building governing board capacity and developing rock-solid board chief executive partnerships. A nationally prominent organizational developer par excellence, Doug specializes in building the governing capacity of public school districts, public transit authorities, and economic development corporations.