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Boards that Make a Difference: A New Design forLeadership in Nonprofit and Public Organizations,Second Edition
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More About This Title Boards that Make a Difference: A New Design forLeadership in Nonprofit and Public Organizations,Second Edition

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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 clients included the National Association of State Boards of Education, the National Ballet of Canada, The American Institute of Architects, the Pentagon Federal Credit Union, and Lutheran World Relief. His ideas have been featured by the National League of Cities, the London Times, 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, the video John Carver on Board Governance (1993), the audiotape Empowering Boards for Leadership (1992), and the CarverGuide Series on Effective Board Governance.
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A New Vision for Governing Boards.

Policy as a Leadership Tool.

Designing Policies That Make a Difference.

Focusing on Results: Clarifying and Sustaining the Organization's Mission.

Setting Limits: Standards of Ethics and Prudence.

Strong Boards Need Strong Executives: The Board-Executive Relationship.

The Board's Responsibility for Itself.

Officers and Committees.

Policy Development by Levels.

Making Meetings Work.

Redefining Excellence in Governance: Strategies for Board Leadership.

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"When I came upon Carver's book, I threw away everything I had collected on the subject of boards." (NRB, July/Aug. 2002)"This book should be in the library of everyone who serves—or aspires to serve—on the governing board of any organization, large or small, nonprofit or corporate. Better than any other available resource, it tells what the roles of board members are and what they must and shouldn't do. An indispensable guidebook to leadership excellence." —George Weber, secretary general, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Geneva

"John Carver's book is important reading for chief executives and directors alike. This book's sound premises regarding proper role delineation and its practical advice about how to affect due diligence combine to provide an invaluable resource to any board dedicated to efficiency and high-quality performance." —John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, American Cancer Society

"John Carver's Boards That Make a Difference was required reading for board members of the Calgary Philharmonic Society. It provided a clear and concise road map with which we carried out significant governance restructuring of the society." —James M. Stanford, president & CEO,, Petro-Canada, and past chairman of the Calgary Philharmonic Society, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

"Boards That Make a Difference should be required.... The book explicates the model, which is simple, powerful and, above all, successful." —W. H. Hann, executive director, Association of IndepAndent Schools of Western Australia

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