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The Carver Policy Governance Guide series includes six booklets that offer board members a description of John Carver's Policy Governance model of board leadership. Policy Governance enables a board to fulfill its accountability to its organization's "owners," whether the owners are association members, city residents, company shareholders, or a community of interest. Policy Governance addresses the board's engagement in financial, programmatic, and personnel matters; roles of officers and committees; reporting and evaluation; agendas; and other aspects of the board job.

The Policy Governance Model and the Role of the Board Member sets out a clear vision for excellence in board leadership. It gives board members an understanding of the concepts and principles that are at the very heart of John Carver's innovative Policy Governance model. This guide details members' main tasks and presents the guidelines needed to transform a board into an effective group that consistently leads powerfully.

The Policy Governance model is based on the functions rather than the structure of a governing board. It outlines commonsense principles about governing that fit together into an entire system. The practices of the Policy Governance board, which are consistent with the principles, allow it to control without meddling, focus on long-term organizational outputs, powerfully delegate to a CEO and staff, and discharge its fiduciary responsibility in a visionary, strategic manner. Because the model is a total system, the Carver Policy Governance Guide series offers boards a complete set of principles for fulfilling their various obligations.

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  7. ISBN-10
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The Carver Policy Governance Guide series includes six booklets that offer board members a description of John Carver's Policy Governance model of board leadership. Policy Governance enables a board to fulfill its accountability to its organization's "owners," whether the owners are association members, city residents, company shareholders, or a community of interest. Policy Governance addresses the board's engagement in financial, programmatic, and personnel matters; roles of officers and committees; reporting and evaluation; agendas; and other aspects of the board job.

The Policy Governance Model and the Role of the Board Member sets out a clear vision for excellence in board leadership. It gives board members an understanding of the concepts and principles that are at the very heart of John Carver's innovative Policy Governance model. This guide details members' main tasks and presents the guidelines needed to transform a board into an effective group that consistently leads powerfully.

The Policy Governance model is based on the functions rather than the structure of a governing board. It outlines commonsense principles about governing that fit together into an entire system. The practices of the Policy Governance board, which are consistent with the principles, allow it to control without meddling, focus on long-term organizational outputs, powerfully delegate to a CEO and staff, and discharge its fiduciary responsibility in a visionary, strategic manner. Because the model is a total system, the Carver Policy Governance Guide series offers boards a complete set of principles for fulfilling their various obligations.

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The Carver Policy Governance Guide series includes six booklets that offer board members a description of John Carver's Policy Governance model of board leadership. Policy Governance enables a board to fulfill its accountability to its organization's "owners," whether the owners are association members, city residents, company shareholders, or a community of interest. Policy Governance addresses the board's engagement in financial, programmatic, and personnel matters; roles of officers and committees; reporting and evaluation; agendas; and other aspects of the board job.

The Policy Governance Model and the Role of the Board Member sets out a clear vision for excellence in board leadership. It gives board members an understanding of the concepts and principles that are at the very heart of John Carver's innovative Policy Governance model. This guide details members' main tasks and presents the guidelines needed to transform a board into an effective group that consistently leads powerfully.

The Policy Governance model is based on the functions rather than the structure of a governing board. It outlines commonsense principles about governing that fit together into an entire system. The practices of the Policy Governance board, which are consistent with the principles, allow it to control without meddling, focus on long-term organizational outputs, powerfully delegate to a CEO and staff, and discharge its fiduciary responsibility in a visionary, strategic manner. Because the model is a total system, the Carver Policy Governance Guide series offers boards a complete set of principles for fulfilling their various obligations.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Jossey-Bass; Volume 1, Revised and Updated edition (April 13 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 48 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0470392525
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0470392522
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 91 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 14.22 x 0.69 x 22.1 cm
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John Carver is internationally known as the creator of the breakthrough in board leadership called the Policy Governance model and is the best-selling author of Boards ThatMake a Difference (1990, 1997, 2006). He is co-editor (with his wife, Miriam Carver) of the bimonthly periodical Board Leadership, author of over 180 articles published in nine countries, and author or co-author of six books. For over thirty years, he has worked internationally with governing boards, his principal practice being in the United States and Canada. Dr. Carver is an editorial review board member of Corporate Governance: An International Review, adjunct professor in the University of Georgia Institute for Nonprofit Organizations, and formerly adjunct professor in York University's Schulich School of Business.

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Kim Ashizawa
5.0 out of 5 stars Get this book if you want to help your board to be more effective
Reviewed in Canada on April 24, 2013
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Concise, easy to understand, wonderful book if you are having challenges with your board but just can't put your finger on the problem...
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Chris N.
4.0 out of 5 stars As expected.
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Okinawa
5.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction to Carver model
Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2013
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Carver is an acquired taste for non profit Boards. Most Boards will find the develoment of means and ends a challenge.
However, his governance principles are superb and necessary for intelligent and productive Board governance. Many non profit Boards flounder as a result of their inability to separate their governance responsibilties from management's adminsitrative responsibilities. Boards govern and managers manage. There is a difference. Carver makes this clear and to my mind an essential tool for Board Presidents and non profit CEOs. This process requires a good consultant and time to introduce it to a Board. I am a Carver believer and should I find a willing Board, I will order this guide for each Board member.
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Randal Dick
5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling Logic
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2011
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I felt that Carver set forth a compelling case in a practical readable style. The Carvers place their thesis right out front, saying that there are fundamental differences between governance and management and that governance is not management one level higher. There is a simple compelling logic to the entire book. I highly recommend this book to any board or upper management who interface with a board.
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Debbie H
4.0 out of 5 stars Serving on a non-profit Board
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2014
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We were using the Carver Policy Governance Model on the non-profit Board to which I was elected to serve. It can be a bit cumbersome to figure out how this model works unless you have some help with the navigation. We were looking for a book which would serve as the orientation, and this book is a decent primer on the model.

There are other books on the model, but they are really quite lengthy and you have to ask if your Board members really want to read all the case studies, etc.

We found this book to be a good orientation tool for new Board members.
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Joyce Hampton
5.0 out of 5 stars great governance model
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2016
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These were purchased for our board members (the new ones) to help them understand how our board is governed. We have the whole set but had to purchase a few singles to replenish some that were missing. Very happy with the product.
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BJS
3.0 out of 5 stars The writing is a little dense, and its viewpoint ...
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2017
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The writing is a little dense, and its viewpoint a bit theoretical. It fails to take in the political realities of an elected governing board, whether it is a city council, county board of supervisors or a homeowners association board. Electeds will ALL want to have some say, influence and communication with an appointed manager. The book's rigid framework assumes that the elected board will set measurable policies and goals, that the chief governance officer (CGO, AKA the board president) is an effective and engaged leader ensuring the board fulfills its responsibilities, and the CGO is an effective communicator of direction to the appointed CEO, and vice versa. Reality is a bit messier. In the absence of clear direction, the CEO should actively seek guidance, and communicate back up the chain her or his understanding of direction given. However, the message of needing and enforcing clear chains of command is relevant.
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