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

by John Carver, Miriam Carver

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. 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, 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 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.

Genres: Business, Nonfiction, Professional Development, Leadership

336 pages, Hardcover

First published August 29, 1997

Reviews

[Tim · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is not the HILARIOUS (if you have ever been scr*wed by governance violators but couldn't explain why) tour de force of the first book. This one is detailed and REALLY needs the user to read the first one at least 1/2 way through.

You CAN build a great and STABLE non profit board that relates to management appropriately AND give your board members REAL things to do to the benefit of the organization.

Oh and NO MORE 2 hour meetings reading the financial statements!!

[George Hodgson · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are a lot of gems in here for board members and CSEs.

[Jake Willems · Rating 2 out of 5]

The struggle was real...

[Paul, · Rating 3 out of 5]

Found this book very useful for helping the board of my non-profit.

[Meepspeeps · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this again as a review because a board I'm considering joining uses this model. It does not convince me that this model is particularly useful, but it's good to get every member of a board to agree to some governance model.

[Casey · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good guide for any organization that is looking to implement Carver's Policy Governance model.