CarverGuide, Board Self-Assessment (J-B Carver Board Governance Series) [Paperback]

John Carver (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 28, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0787908339 | ISBN-13: 978-0787908331 | Edition: 1st

Offers a novel whole-systems approach to this primary task by outlining the guiding principles of successful self-assessment. Your board will learn how to craft a policy that will spell out its job description and plan its conduct. In addidtion, it will learn how it can best implement self-assessment to see if it is doing its job and acting as it had planned.

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About the Author

JOHN CARVER is internationally known as creator of the breakthrough in board leadership called the Policy Governance model and is the bestselling author of Boards That Make a Difference (1990). Dr. Carver has worked with boards in the U.S. and Canada and on four other continents for over twenty years. His clients have 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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 24 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1st edition (March 28, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787908339
• ISBN-13: 978-0787908331
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,457,653 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

John Carver is internationally known as the creator of the breakthrough in board leadership called the Policy Governance model and is the best-selling author of Boards ThatMake a Difference (1990, 1997, 2006). He is co-editor (with his wife, Miriam Carver) of the bimonthly periodical Board Leadership, author of over 180 articles published in nine countries, and author or co-author of six books. For over thirty years, he has worked internationally with governing boards, his principal practice being in the United States and Canada. Dr. Carver is an editorial review board member of Corporate Governance: An International Review, adjunct professor in the University of Georgia Institute for Nonprofit Organizations, and formerly adjunct professor in York University's Schulich School of Business.