Reinventing Your Board
A Step-by-Step Guide to Implementing Policy Governance, Revised Edition
Published on 23. March 2006
336 pages
978-0-7879-8436-6 (ISBN)
Description
In the second edition of this best-selling Policy Governanceoperating manual, John Carver and Miriam Carver make this excitingapproach to effective governance even more accessible anduser-friendly, gleaning lessons learned in years of practice tohelp readers understand and use this invaluable model.
Carver's groundbreaking Policy Governance model is thebest-known, respected, and talked about governance model in theworld and has fundamentally influenced the way organizations aregoverned. Reinventing Your Board, second edition, is ahands-on, step-by-step guide that puts the model to work in themeeting-to-meeting lives of board members. It includes new policysamples and a new chapter on monitoring performance, as well asother practical "put-the-model-in-motion" advice. Thispopular and highly successful companion to Boards That Make aDifference contains the nuts-and-bolts materials needed forimplementing Policy Governance. The authors illustrate effectiveboard decision making, show how to craft useful policies, and offerpractical advice on such matters as setting the agenda, monitoringCEO performance, defining the board role, and more. Step-by-stepinstructions and sample policies make this a must-have resource forboards in the public and nonprofit sectors aiming to govern theirorganizations with excellence.
Reviews / Votes
"After reading Boards That Make a Difference and studyingthe theory behind John Carver's approach to improving thefunctioning of boards, this book is a natural next stage for aboard committed to improving its capacity. Reinventing YourBoard is a must." --Mike Whitlam, adviser, UK Office of Communications (Ofcom) and former director general, British Red Cross Society, London "This book has been an invaluable resource for our board membersas we have adopted the Policy Governance model. It is an excellentroad map for the implementation of the model, answering manypractical questions and providing numerous examples of applicationsin a variety of settings. I strongly recommend it for any boardwishing to improve its effectiveness." --Sister Patricia Lorenz, CSJ, board chair, Carondelet Heatth,Kansas City, Missouri "This clear and chair-friendly book is the ultimate how-tomanual for a board determined to ensure the future as they wouldenvision it. No chairman should be without it." --George Dessart, former chair, board of directors, American CancerSociety, Atlanta "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, and The Power ofServant Leadership; co-editor, Practicing ServantLeadership and Focus on Leadership "What I value about John Carver's thinking is that itprovides a logical and coherent base, a unifying theory ofgovernance that covers both the corporate and voluntary sectors, auniversal definition of the difference between governance andmanagement rather than the more usual approach of attempting toallocate functions between them." --Sir Adrian Cadbury, former chancellor, Aston University; formerdirector, Bank of England; chairman, UK Committee on FinancialAspects of Corporate Governance (source of the "Cadbury Report");recipient of the 2001 International Corporate Governance Networkaward; author of The Company Chairman and CorporateGovernance and ChairmanshipMore details
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Miriam Carver has worked with boards in both public andnonprofit sectors in North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia. Sheis coeditor of the bimonthly Board Leadership and coauthor of thebooks A New Vision of Board Leadership, The Board Member'sPlaybook, and the CarverGuide Series on Effective BoardGovernance.
Content
Policies.Figures and Exhibits.Preface to the Second Edition.Preface.Acknowledgments.The Authors.PART ONE. PREPARING FOR CHANGE.1. Setting the Stage: Are You Sure You're Ready for This?.2. The Theoretical Foundation: The Practicality of Sound Theory.3. Deciding to Implement Policy Governance: Looking Before You Leap.PART TWO. CRAFTING POLICIES.4. Executive Limitations Policies: Optimizing Empowerment by Setting Limits.5. Governance Process Policies: Defining the Board's Job.6. Board-Management Delegation Policies: Linking Governance to the CEO.7. Ends Policies: The Real Bottom Line.PART THREE. READY, STEADY, GO.8. Monitoring Organizational Performance: Getting the Right Information About the Right Things.9. The Board's Documents: Preserving the Board's Decisions.10. Implementation and Beyond: Concrete Steps Mirror Conceptual Integrity.Resources.A. A Sample Board Policy Manual.B. Sample Ends Policies.C. Sample Monitoring Reports.D. Selected Readings.Index.
