Getting Started With Policy Governance: Bringing Purpose, Integrity,And Efficiency To Your Board'S Work

In this newest book on the Policy Governance approach to board leadership created by John Carver, Caroline Oliver gives readers practical, hands-on tools for getting the most from the system in the day-to-day operation of their boards. In the Policy Governance Fieldbook, Oliver explored the experience of 11 organizations that succeeded and failed in using Policy Governance. Now, she has drawn upon the most important lessons from that experience as well as her experience in helping many more organizations along the Policy Governance road to governing excellence. The result is a wealth of tools and resources for helping readers to:
Decide if Policy Governance is right for them
Identify and link with owners
Develop means policies
Create Ends policies
Monitor Policies
Run meetings
Evaluate
Plan for the future

Caroline Oliver is chief executive of Good to Govern Ltd. and founding chair of the International Policy Governance Association and the UK Policy Governance Association which promote and support nonprofit and for-profit boards’ use of the Policy Governance system. She is an international governance consultant with clients in the US, UK and Canada.www.goodtogovern.com

List of Tools.
Foreword.
John Carver.
Author’s Note.
Acknowledgments.
About the Author.
About This Book
1. Exploring Policy Governance.
2. Choosing Policy Governance-or Not!
3. Knowing Who Owns Your Organization.
4. Understanding the Policy in Policy Governance.
5. What Does Your Ownership Want? Creating Ends Policies.
6. What Are Acceptable Ways of Achieving Ends? Creating Means Policies.
7. How Can You Keep Your Board Accountable? Monitoring Your Policies.
8. Embarking on Policy Governance.
Policy Governance Resources.
References.
Index.