John Carver on Board Leadership will bring together the best of the Board Leadership newsletter (Jossey-Bass), articles from non-JB publications, and previously unpublished short works.
Book Details:
- Author: John Carver
- ISBN: 9780470332443
- Year Published: 2002
- Pages: 720
- BISAC: BUS074000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Nonprofit Organizations & Charities
About the Book and Topic:
John Carver on Board Leadership will bring together the best of the Board Leadership newsletter (Jossey-Bass), articles from non-JB publications, and previously unpublished short works.
John Carver is the top name in board leadership, and for the first time readers will have access to this broad range of material including the best of the Board Leadership newsletter, articles from non-JB publications, and previously unpublished short works. These articles have been carefully selected and arranged to provide a distillation of Carver’s revolutionary Policy Governance model. Carver will offer readers an easily navigable resource that will give them the governance information they need when they need it. It will feature an FAQ navigation tool that will direct them to specific answers to their specific questions. Because the articles are short and the point, readers can get information and tips quickly and apply it immediately to their work. John Carver on Board Leadership will include sections on the tenets of Policy Governance such as board ownership and responsibility, and board relationships with the CEO and staff; as well as nuts and bolts advice about agendas, running effective meetings and much more.
Written by the world’s leading authority on board governance, this resource features more than 115 articles that are short and to the point. Readers can easily access the information and suggestions and apply the information immediately to their work. This book explains the world famous Policy Governance Model and offers practical advice for how to implement the model. It contains a host of articles that address specific problems faced by a wide-variety of types and sizes of boards. It also features frequently asked questions and a navigation tool which directs readers to specific answers to their questions.
About the Author
John Carver is internationally known as creator of the breakthrough in board leadership called the Policy Governance model. He has worked with boards in the United States and Canada and on four other continents for over twenty years. His ideas have been featured by the Times of London, the National League of Cities, the Canadian Hospital Association, the American Society of Association Executives, Georgia Power Company, and many others. Carver is the author of the bimonthly newsletter workshop Board Leadership (since 1992), the book Boards That Make a Difference, Second Edition (Jossey-Bass, 1997), the video John Carver on Board Governance (1993), the audiotape Empowering Boards for Leadership (1992), and coauthor of the books A New Vision of Board Leadership (1994), Reinventing Your Board (Jossey-Bass, 1997), and the CarverGuide Series on Effective Board Governance (Jossey-Bass, 1996-1997).