Full Description
Good Governance is a Choice, 2nd edition 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.
Contents
Foreword
Preface
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: Defining the Board's Own Governing Culture
Chapter 5: The Board's Relationship With its CEO--Part 1
Chapter 6: Controlling Operational Decisions Without Helping the CEO Manage
Chapter 7: Becoming a Results Driven Organization
Chapter 8: The Board's Relationship With its CEO—Part 2
Chapter 9: Monitoring—Everything!
Chapter 10: Systemic Application and Alignment
Chapter 11: The Process and The Reasons for Adopting Coherent Governance
Chapter 12: Governing Coherently: How Can a Board Transform Itself?
Glossary
About the Authors
