Reinventing Your Board

THE AUTHORS John Carver is internationally recognized as creator of the breakthrough in board leadership known as the Policy Governance model. He has worked with boards in all sectors on five cont nents for over twenty-five years. Carver is coeditor of the bimonthly Board Leadership, featured speaker in the video John Carver on Board Governance and the audiotape Empowering Boards for Leadership, author of the books Boards That Make a Difference and John Carver on Board Leadership, and coauthor of the CarverGuide Series on Effective Board Governance and Corporate Boards That Create Value. Miriam Carver has worked with boards in both public and nonprofit sectors in North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia. She is coeditor of the bimonthly Board Leadership and coauthor of the books A New Vision of Board Leadership, The Board Member's Playbook, and the CarverGuide Series on Effective Board Governance.

• Policies viiFigures and Exhibits xiPreface to the Revised Edition xiiiPreface xviiAcknowledgments xxiThe Authors xxiiiPart One: Preparing for Change1. Setting the Stage: Are You Sure You’re Ready for This? 32. The Theoretical Foundation: The Practicality of Sound Theory 173. Deciding to Implement Policy Governance: Looking Before You Leap 37Part Two: Crafting Policies4. Executive Limitations Policies: Optimizing Empowerment by Setting Limits 655. Governance Process Policies: Defining the Board’s Job 1036. Board-Management Delegation Policies: Linking Governance to the CEO 1337. Ends Policies: The Real Bottom Line 151Part Three: Ready, Steady, Go8. Monitoring Organizational Performance: Getting the Right Information About the Right Things 1799. The Board’s Documents: Preserving the Board’s Decisions 19910. Implementation and Beyond: Concrete Steps Mirror Conceptual Integrity 219ResourcesA. A Sample Board Policy Manual 233B. Sample Ends Policies 257C. Sample Monitoring Reports 269D. Selected Readings 295Index 297