Boards That Make a Difference
A New Design for Leadership in Nonprofit and Public Organizations
3rd Edition
Published on 10. March 2011
448 pages
978-1-118-04670-8 (ISBN)
Description
In this revised and updated third edition, Carver continues to debunk the entrenched beliefs and habits that hobble boards and to replace them with his innovative approach to effective governance. This proven model offers an empowering and fundamental redesign of the board role and emphasizes values, vision, empowerment of both the board and staff, and strategic ability to lead leaders. Policy Governance gives board members and staff a new approach to board job design, board-staff relationships, the role of the chief executive, performance monitoring, and virtually every aspect of the board-management relationship. This latest edition has been updated and expanded to include explanatory diagrams that have been used by thousands of Carver's seminar participants. It also contains illustrative examples of Policy Governance model policies that have been created by real-world organizations. In addition, this third edition of Boards That Make a Difference includes a new chapter on model criticisms and the challenges of governance research.
Reviews / Votes
"John Carver is a revolutionary of the very best kind. Carver'sPolicy Governance model has provided the means for trustees to liveout Greenleaf's challenge to boards to act as both servant andleader." --Larry C. Spears, CEO, The Greenleaf Center forServant-Leadership; editor, Reflections on Leadership,Insights on Leadership, Servant Leadership, The Power of ServantLeadership; co-editor, Practicing Servant Leadership andFocus on Leadership "It took an inspired social scientist to record and describe thefundamental principles of [the Policy Governance] model, whichprovides deep insight into the role of the Board in the moderncorporation." --Jeremy Booker, vice president corporate governance, BritishPetroleum, London "Dr. Carver's governance model has been the key inempowering the State Bar of California Board of Governors to focuson policy that would help our judicial system." --Andrew J. Guilford, 1999-2000 president, State Bar ofCalifornia "An indispensable guidebook to leadership excellence." --George Weber, executive director, Canadian Dental Association,Ottawa; former secretary general, International Federation of RedCross and Red Crescent Societies, Geneva "Boards That Make a Difference explicates the model,which is simple, powerful and, above all, successful." --W. H. Hann, former executive director, Association ofIndependent Schools of Western Australia "This book's sound premises regarding proper role delineationand its practical advice provide an invaluable resource." --Dr. John R. Seffrin, CEO, American Cancer Society, Atlanta "Dr. Carver offers a visionary yet practical approach togovernance design." --Adalberto Palma Gómez, senior partner, Aperture S.C.; formerdirector, Institute for the Protection of Bank Savings; chairman,Center for Excellence in Corporate Governance, Mexico City "Policy Governance gives governing bodies and CEOs a clearinsight into their mutual relationship and their distinctresponsibilities." --Jacques Gerards, CEO, Dutch Association of Governors in HealthCare, The NetherlandsMore details
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John Carver
Boards That Make a Difference
A New Design for Leadership in Nonprofit and Public Organizations
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03/2006
3rd Edition
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Person
John Carver is known internationally as the creator of the breakthrough in board leadership called the Policy Governance Model. He has worked with boards in the United States and Canada as well as on four other continents for over twenty-five years. His clients have included the National Association of State Boards of Education, the National Ballet of Canada, the American Institute of Architects, the Pentagon Federal Credit Union, Lutheran World Relief and the American Cancer Society. He is author of the bi-monthly newsletter workshop Board Leadership and his books have sold over 250,000 copies around the world.
Content
Preface to the Third Edition.
Preface.
The Author.
Prologue: Beginning and Ending with Purpose.
Introduction.
1. Leadership by Governing Boards: A Vision of GroupAccountability.
2. Policy as a Leadership Tool: The Force of ExplicitValues.
3. Designing Policies That Make a Difference: Governing byValues.
4. Focusing on Results: The Power of Purpose.
5. Controlling Ethics and Prudence: What's Not OK, Even if ItWorks.
6. Strong Boards Need Strong Executives: The Board-ExecutiveRelationship.
7. The Board's Responsibility for Itself: Governing OneselfPrecedes Governing Others.
8. Officers and Committees: The Chief Governance Officer andOther Divisions of Board Labor.
9. Policy Development by Levels: Adding Details Judiciously.
10. Making Meetings Meaningful: Creating the Future More ThanReviewing the Past.
11. Maintaining Board Leadership: Staying on Track andInstitutionalizing Excellence.
12. But Does It Work? Criticisms, Effectiveness Research, andModel Consistency.
Resource A. Varieties of Policy Governance Applications.
Resource B. Bylaws.
Resource C. Glossary.
References.
Index.
