Publisher's Synopsis
Basic Principles of Policy Governance offers your board members a clear understanding of the concepts and principles that are at the very heart of John Carver′s innovative Policy Governance model. The guide presents the guidelines needed to transform your board members into a unified group that consistently makes powerful contributions to its organization.
Basic Principles of Policy Governance shows how to:
- Implement Policy Governance in nine easy steps
- Become a think tank for vision rather than a reviewer of staff decisions and activities
- Bring the diversity of a board′s views to a single voice
- Determine the legitimacy of a particular committee
- Defuse the renegade board member
- Create board policies that embody the board′s beliefs, commitments, values and vision
- Structure a board so it is defining and delegating rather than reacting and ratifying
- Free the board to provide leadership in exploring and creating strategic visioni
