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Book

Boards that make a difference : a new design for leadership in nonprofit and public organizations

Call Number

  • NON PROFIT 658.422 C3317 (CEN)

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Edition

3rd ed.

Publication Information

San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2006.

Physical Description

xxviii, 418 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Summary

"Boards That Make a Difference can help your board empower both board and staff, eliminate trivia, establish a meaningful organizational direction, clarify roles, plan productive meetings, establish officers and committees that work, and provide the leadership for which governing boards exist."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents

  • Leadership by governing boards : a vision of group accountability
  • Policy as a leadership tool : the force of explicit values
  • Designing policies that make a difference : governing by values
  • Focusing on results : the power of purpose
  • Controlling ethics and prudence : what's not OK, even if it works
  • Strong boards need strong executives : the board-executive relationship
  • The board's responsibility for itself : governing oneself precedes governing others
  • Officers and committees : the chief governance officer and other divisions of board labor
  • Policy development by levels : adding details judiciously
  • Making meetings meaningful : creating the future more than reviewing the past
  • Maintaining board leadership : staying on track and institutionalizing excellence
  • But does it work? : criticisms, effectiveness research, and model consistency
  • Resource A. Varieties of policy governance applications
  • Resource B. Glossary
  • Resource C. Glossary.

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