{"product_id":"reinventing-your-board-isbn-9780787981815","title":"Reinventing Your Board","description":"In the second 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.  \u003cp\u003eCarver’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. \u003ci\u003eReinventing Your Board,\u003c\/i\u003e second 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 \u003ci\u003eBoards That Make a Difference\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolicies vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFigures and Exhibits xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Revised Edition xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Authors xxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: Preparing for Change\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Setting the Stage: Are You Sure You’re Ready for This? 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Theoretical Foundation: The Practicality of Sound Theory 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Deciding to Implement Policy Governance: Looking Before You Leap 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: Crafting Policies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Executive Limitations Policies: Optimizing Empowerment by Setting Limits 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Governance Process Policies: Defining the Board’s Job 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Board-Management Delegation Policies: Linking Governance to the CEO 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Ends Policies: The Real Bottom Line 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: Ready, Steady, Go\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Monitoring Organizational Performance: Getting the Right Information About the Right Things 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. The Board’s Documents: Preserving the Board’s Decisions 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Implementation and Beyond: Concrete Steps Mirror Conceptual Integrity 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eResources\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA. A Sample Board Policy Manual 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB. Sample Ends Policies 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC. Sample Monitoring Reports 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD. Selected Readings 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 297\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTHE AUTHORS \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Carver\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eBoard Leadership\u003c\/i\u003e, featured speaker in the video \u003ci\u003eJohn Carver on Board Governance\u003c\/i\u003e and the audiotape \u003ci\u003eEmpowering Boards for Leadership\u003c\/i\u003e, author of the books \u003ci\u003eBoards That Make a Difference\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJohn Carver on Board Leadership\u003c\/i\u003e, and coauthor of the CarverGuide Series on Effective Board Governance\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCorporate Boards That Create Value\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMiriam Carver\u003c\/b\u003e has worked with boards in both public and nonprofit sectors in North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia. She is coeditor of the bimonthly \u003ci\u003eBoard Leadership\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of the books \u003ci\u003eA New Vision of Board Leadership\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Board Member's Playbook\u003c\/i\u003e, and the CarverGuide Series on Effective Board Governance.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eREINVENTING Your Board\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBoards That Make a Difference,\u003c\/i\u003e John Carver introduced the Policy Governance model, a highly effective, results-oriented approach to board governance. The first edition of \u003ci\u003eReinventing Your Board\u003c\/i\u003e explained the implementation of this revolutionary model in detail, offering practical advice for making Policy Governance work under real board circumstances.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarver'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. \u003ci\u003eReinventing Your Board\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eBoards That Make a Difference\u003c\/i\u003e 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.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eREINVENTING Your Board\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A significant advance in management thinking, as near a universal theory of governance as we at present have\" –Sir Adrian Cadbury \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBoards That Make a Difference,\u003c\/i\u003e John Carver introduced the Policy Governance model, a highly effective, results-oriented approach to board governance. The first edition of \u003ci\u003eReinventing Your Board\u003c\/i\u003e explained the implementation of this revolutionary model in detail, offering practical advice for making Policy Governance work under real board circumstances. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 unde stand and use this invaluable model. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarver'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. \u003ci\u003eReinventing Your Board\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eBoards That Make a Difference\u003c\/i\u003e 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.   \"After reading \u003ci\u003eBoards That Make a Difference\u003c\/i\u003e and studying the theory behind John Carver’s approach to improving the functioning of boards, this book is a natural next stage for a board committed to improving its capacity. \u003ci\u003eReinventing Your Board\u003c\/i\u003e is a must.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Mike Whitlam, adviser, UK Office of Communications (Ofcom) and   former director general, British Red Cross Society, London  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book has been an invaluable resource for our board members as we have adopted the Policy Governance model. It is an excellent road map for the implementation of the model, answering many practical questions and providing numerous examples of applications in a variety of settings. I strongly recommend it for any board wishing to improve its effectiveness.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Sister Patricia Lorenz, CSJ, board chair, Carondelet Heatth, Kansas City, Missouri\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This clear and chair-friendly book is the ultimate how-to manual for a board determined to ensure the future as they would envision it. No chairman should be without it.\"\u003cbr\u003e --George Dessart, former chair, board of directors, American Cancer Society, Atlanta\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"John Carver is a revolutionary of the very best kind. Carver's Policy Governance model has provided the means for trustees to live out Greenleaf's challenge to boards to act as both servant and leader.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Larry C. Spears, CEO, The Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership; editor, \u003ci\u003eReflections on Leadership,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eInsights on Leadership, Servant Leadership, and The Power of Servant Leadership\u003c\/i\u003e; co-editor, \u003ci\u003ePracticing Servant Leadership\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFocus on Leadership\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"What I value about John Carver’s thinking is that it provides a logical and coherent base, a unifying theory of governance that covers both the corporate and voluntary sectors, a universal definition of the difference between governance and management rather than the more usual approach of attempting to allocate functions between them.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Sir Adrian Cadbury, former chancellor, Aston University; former director, Bank of England; chairman, UK Committee on Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance (source of the \"Cadbury Report\"); recipient of the 2001 International Corporate Governance Network award; author of \u003ci\u003eThe Company Chairman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCorporate Governance and Chairmanship\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989933408485,"sku":"NP9780787981815","price":53.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780787981815.jpg?v=1761785959","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/reinventing-your-board-isbn-9780787981815","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}