By Peter McGinn
Trustee Magazine Nov/Dec, 2006
www.trusteemag.com
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Who is the leader of your board? Is it the chair? The CEO? Someone else—perhaps a former chair, the member with the longest tenure, or the one with the greatest community influence? ... Does your board have one leader or many? Is one person at the wheel with everyone else along for the ride?
Leadership is about action, not titles. ... Great leaders, such as Robert Heyssel, M.D., the former CEO of the Johns Hopkins Health System, Baltimore, make an impact because of how they translate their vision into action and how they help others in their organizations do likewise.
On a bus, only the driver has control and can determine how the bus will move. Many people act as if their boards or organizations are similarly designed—that is, only the person in the driver’s seat can make decisions and act on them. But effective organizations and their boards are different. You can drive from any seat.
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