This book comes with a promise: after reading it, you will never again think of board work the same as before. Good Governance is a Choice is a book about, and for, boards of public and non-profit organizations. Its central focus is on public school boards and the special challenges they face, but the governing model it introduces, Coherent Governance , is applicable to any board of any type. Coherent Governance is a policy-based governing model that features a fail-proof means for creating absolute role clarity for boards and their CEOs. The model offers a process for boards to control operational decisions without making them, allowing them to spend the dominant part of their time on what matters_whether the organization is delivering the goods for the clients it serves. The authors challenge readers to consider themselves to be the very first board elected or appointed to serve their organization and to thoughtfully craft a governance role and board processes to allow them to best do their work_unencumbered by past practice and tradition. They draw from their combined 60-plus years of experience in working with public and non-profit boards as they present their state-of-the-art governing model.
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Chapter 1: Why Don't Boards Perform Better? Chapter 2: What Does a "High Performing Board" Look Like? Chapter 3: Governing Coherently, or Incoherently? Chapter 4: Constructing the Board's Own Governing Culture Chapter 5: The Board's Relationship With its CEO Chapter 6: Controlling Operational Decisions Without Helping the CEO Manage Chapter 7: Demanding and Achieving Results Chapter 8: The Board's Relationship With its CEO—Continued Chapter 9: Monitoring—Everything! Chapter 10: Systemic Application and Alignment Chapter 11: Governing Coherently: How Can a Board Transform Itself? Chapter 12 Appendix A Board Self Assessment Chapter 13 Appendix B Operational Expectation Monitoring Report Chapter 14 Appendix C Results Monitoring Report
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This book lays it out cleanly and logically—where my authority begins once the board explicitly defines the lines of responsibility. It takes the guesswork and approval process out of our decision making.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781610483131
Publisert
2011-04-16
Utgiver
Vendor
Rowman & Littlefield Education
Vekt
245 gr
Høyde
232 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Dybde
9 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
150

Biographical note

Randy Quinn and Linda J. Dawson co-founded the Aspen Group International in 1993 following careers that combine to total over 65 years of service to education and other non-profit boards. They have since consulted with boards in most of the 50 states and others on three continents, including the countries of Morocco, Singapore, Korea, Borneo, Canada and Mexico. Their careers of work with governing boards have provided the basis for this insightful and provocative challenge to traditional governance and leadership customs.