Boards that Make a Difference – A New Design for Leadership in Nonprofit and Public Organizations - Hardcover

Carver

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1555422314 ISBN 13: 9781555422318

Publisher: Jossey Bass, 1990

Synopsis

This book provides board members with a new understanding of their leadership role, enabling them to get down to their real business of governance, making policy, articulating the mission of the organization, and sustaining its vision. It helps boards to concentrate their energies on the overall purpose of their organization and guides them in working with managers to accomplish that purpose. It also sets forth procedures for evaluating the executive staff, delegating authority to management, making decisions as a board, and establishing bylaws for the board's governance of itself. This book advocates principles that boards of organizations of all sizes can apply to keep them on course toward their long-term goals.

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Review

"This book should be in the library of everyone who serves or aspires to serve on the governing board of any organization, large or small, nonprofit or corporate. Better than any other available resource, it tells what the roles of board members are and what they must and shouldn′t do. An indispensable guidebook to leadership excellence." George Weber, secretary general, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Geneva

"John Carver′s book is important reading for chief executives and directors alike. This book′s sound premises regarding proper role delineation and its practical advice about how to affect due diligence combine to provide an invaluable resource to any board dedicated to efficiency and high–quality performance." John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, American Cancer Society

"John Carver′s Boards That Make a Difference was required reading for board members of the Calgary Philharmonic Society. It provided a clear and concise road map with which we carried out significant governance restructuring of the society." James M. Stanford, president & CEO,, Petro–Canada, and past chairman of the Calgary Philharmonic Society, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

"Boards That Make a Difference should be required.... The book explicates the model, which is simple, powerful and, above all, successful." W. H. Hann, executive director, Association of IndepAndent Schools of Western Australia

From the Back Cover

John Carver′s groundbreaking Policy Governance model has influenced the way public and nonprofit boards operate around the world. Now, as widespread experience with the model accumulates, Carver enriches his definitive exposition with updated policy samples, a new chapter on the process of policy development, and additional resources for various types of boards.
Carver debunks the entrenched beliefs about board roles and functions that hamper dedicated board members. With creative insight and commonsense practicality, he presents a bold new approach to board job design, board–staff relationships, the chief executive role, performance monitoring, and virtually every aspect of the board–management relationship. In their stead, he offers a board model designed to produce policies that make a difference, missions that are clearly articulated, standards that are ethical and prudent, meetings, officers, and committees that work, and leadership that supports the fulfillment of long–term goals.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey Bass
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555422314
• ISBN 13: 9781555422318
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 242