Reinventing Your Board : A Step-by-Step Guide to Implementing Policy Governance

In the second, revised edition of this best selling Policy Governance operating manual, John Carver and Miriam Carver make this exciting approach to effective governance even more accessible and user friendly, gleaning lessons learned in years of practice to help readers understand and use this invaluable model. Carver s groundbreaking Policy Governance model is the best known, respected, and talked about governance model in the world and has fundamentally influenced the way organizations are governed. Reinventing Your Board, revised edition, is a hands on, step by step guide that puts the model to work in the meeting to meeting lives of board members. It includes new policy samples and a new chapter on monitoring performance, as well as other practical "put the model in motion" advice. This popular and highly successful companion to Boards That Make a Difference contains the nuts and bolts materials needed for implementing Policy Governance. The authors illustrate effective board decision making, show how to craft useful policies, and offer practical advice on such matters as setting the agenda, monitoring CEO performance, defining the board role, and more. Step by step instructions and sample policies make this a must have resource for boards in the public and nonprofit sectors aiming to govern their organizations with excellence.