In their highly regarded 1991 book, The Effective Board of Trustees, the authors identified six skill sets or competencies that differentiate strong governing boards from weak ones. Now they have taken their research to the next level by conducting an in-depth study of how the boards of colleges, universities, and other nonprofit organizations can raise their level of competence. In this new book, the authors detail the findings of this study and address the topics of effective trusteeship, board development, board cohesion, trustee education, and the improvement of board processes. They also discuss effective ways of responding to the resistance some trustees and institutional leaders exhibit toward board development efforts. All of the recommendations offered in the book have been field tested. The text is enhanced with charts and exhibits, and revealing quotes from board members who participated in the study appear throughout.
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RICHARD P. CHAIT is professor of higher education, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
THOMAS P. HOLLAND is professor and director of the center for Social Service Research and Development, University of Georgia, Athens.
BARBARA E. TAYLOR is senior associate at the Academic Search Consultation Service, Washington, D.C.
THOMAS P. HOLLAND is professor and director of the center for Social Service Research and Development, University of Georgia, Athens.
BARBARA E. TAYLOR is senior associate at the Academic Search Consultation Service, Washington, D.C.
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After 10 years of research and dozens of engagements as consultants to nonprofit boards, we have reached a rather stark conclusion: effective governance by a board of trustees is a relatively rare and unnatural act. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
trusteeship committee, effective trusteeship, trustee education, board development, most trustees, few trustees, governance audit, individual trustees, many trustees, board performance, board effectiveness, effective boards, new trustees, one trustee, trustee committees, board chair, educational dimension, grounds committee, enrollment management Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Strongly Agree, Disagree Strongly Disagree, Trustee Demonstration Project, Disc Strongly Disagree, Jay Lorsch, Position There New!
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After 10 years of research and dozens of engagements as consultants to nonprofit boards, we have reached a rather stark conclusion: effective governance by a board of trustees is a relatively rare and unnatural act. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
trusteeship committee, effective trusteeship, trustee education, board development, most trustees, few trustees, governance audit, individual trustees, many trustees, board performance, board effectiveness, effective boards, new trustees, one trustee, trustee committees, board chair, educational dimension, grounds committee, enrollment management Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Strongly Agree, Disagree Strongly Disagree, Trustee Demonstration Project, Disc Strongly Disagree, Jay Lorsch, Position There New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization by Peter M. Senge on page 17, and Back Matter
- Competing for the Future by Gary Hamel on page 95, and Back Matter
- How Colleges Work: The Cybernetics of Academic Organization and Leadership (Jossey-Bass Higher Education Series) by Robert Birnbaum in Back Matter
- Making Choices by Robert J. Leonard in Back Matter
- Black Holes: The End of the Universe? by John Taylor in Back Matter
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