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- catalog abstract ""John Carver's revolutionary Policy Governance model, introduced in his best-selling book, Boards That Make a Difference, is recognized as a highly effective, results-oriented approach to nonprofit board governance. With Reinventing Your Board, John Carver and Miriam Mayhew Carver show how to put the model in motion and take organizations to new levels of achievement." "This hands-on, step-by-step guide serves as a practical manual for implementing the Policy Governance model and provides guidelines for staying on track. 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, sample policies, illustrations, exercises, and other practical materials make this a valuable resource for boards wanting to improve the performance of organizations in the public and nonprofit sectors through effective board leadership."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11011218.
- catalog contributor b11011219.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description ""John Carver's revolutionary Policy Governance model, introduced in his best-selling book, Boards That Make a Difference, is recognized as a highly effective, results-oriented approach to nonprofit board governance. With Reinventing Your Board, John Carver and Miriam Mayhew Carver show how to put the model in motion and take organizations to new levels of achievement." "This hands-on, step-by-step guide serves as a practical manual for implementing the Policy Governance model and provides guidelines for staying on track. 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, sample policies, illustrations, exercises, and other practical materials make this a valuable resource for boards wanting to improve the performance of organizations in the public and nonprofit sectors through effective board leadership."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-228) and index.".
- catalog description "Part 1: Preparing for change -- Setting the stage -- The theoretical foundation -- Deciding to implement policy governance -- Part 2: Crafting policies -- Executive limitations policies: restricting the CEO's choices -- Governance process policies: defining the board's job -- Board-CEO linkage policies: delegation to the CEO -- Ends policies: the real bottom line -- Part 3: Ready, steady, go -- The board's documents -- Implementation and beyond -- Resources: A: A sample board policy manual -- B. Sample ends policies -- C. Sample monitoring reports -- D. Selected readings.".
- catalog extent "xxi, 232 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Reinventing your board.".
- catalog identifier "0787909114 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Reinventing your board.".
- catalog isPartOf "The Jossey-Bass nonprofit and public management series".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "San Francisco : Jossey-Bass,".
- catalog relation "Reinventing your board.".
- catalog subject "658.4/22 21".
- catalog subject "Corporate governance.".
- catalog subject "Directors of corporations.".
- catalog subject "HD2745 .C3727 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "Part 1: Preparing for change -- Setting the stage -- The theoretical foundation -- Deciding to implement policy governance -- Part 2: Crafting policies -- Executive limitations policies: restricting the CEO's choices -- Governance process policies: defining the board's job -- Board-CEO linkage policies: delegation to the CEO -- Ends policies: the real bottom line -- Part 3: Ready, steady, go -- The board's documents -- Implementation and beyond -- Resources: A: A sample board policy manual -- B. Sample ends policies -- C. Sample monitoring reports -- D. Selected readings.".
- catalog title "Reinventing your board : a step-by-step guide to implementing policy governance / John Carver, Miriam Mayhew Carver.".
- catalog type "text".