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John Carver on Board Leadership

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John Carver on Board Leadership by John Carver is a comprehensive guide on the practice and theory of board governance. The book provides insights into effective board leadership, offering practical advice on creating accountable and strategically focused boards. Through illustrative examples, it addresses how boards can optimise their performance by adhering to Carver's "Policy Governance" model, ensuring clarity in roles and responsibilities.
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This book may appeal to you if you are interested in enhancing your skills in board governance and leadership within a business setting. It offers insightful guidance on implementing effective governance models and improving board performance, making it a valuable resource for entrepreneurs and business leaders aiming to elevate their organisational strategy and effectiveness.

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This one-stop board leadership resource, written by the author of "Boards that Make a Difference" features a broad range of material including the best articles from the "Board Leadership newsletter", articles from various publications, and previously unpublished short works.

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This one-stop board leadership resource, written by one of the world's leading governance consultants and author of the bestselling Boards That Make a Difference, offers you a broad range of material including the best articles from the Board Leadership newsletter, articles from various publications, and previously unpublished short works.

Each chapter has been carefully selected and arranged to provide you with a distillation of John Carver's revolutionary Policy Governance model.

Series: J-B Carver Board Governance Series

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  • Boards That Make a Difference
    In this revised and updated third edition, Carver continues to debunk the entrenched beliefs and habits that hobble boards and replace them with his innovative approach to effective governance. This proven model offers an empowering and fundamental redesign of the board role and emphasizes values, vision, empowerment of both the board and staff, and strategic ability to lead leaders. Policy...
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  • Corporate Boards That Create Value
    In this work, John Carver and Caroline Oliver apply Carver's successful Policy Governance model to the governing of for-profit organizations. While most books on corporate governance focus on adding value to management, Carver reveals that board authority comes from one source - shareholders - therefore all board activities should be devoted to setting policy rules that answer to shareholders wishes.
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  • John Carver on Board Leadership
    This one-stop board leadership resource, written by one of the world's leading governance consultants and author of the bestselling Boards That Make a Difference, offers you a broad range of material including the best articles from the Board Leadership newsletter, articles from various publications, and previously unpublished short works. Each chapter has been carefully selected and arranged to provide you...
    Paperback
    $13399
    Available
    Ships in 3-4 weeks

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John Carver on Board Leadership is praised for being comprehensive and informative, providing valuable insights and practical advice on effective board governance and leadership strategies. It is regarded as a useful resource for executives and board members aiming to enhance their organisational leadership skills.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780787958442

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 October 2001

Country: United States

Imprint: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 39.0mm

Width: 183.0mm

Height: 247.0mm

Weight: 1270g

Pages: 720

About the Author

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 ideas have been featured by the Times of London, the National League of Cities, 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 (since 1992), the book Boards That Make a Difference, Second Edition (Jossey-Bass, 1997), the video John Carver on Board Governance (1993), the audiotape Empowering Boards for Leadership (1992), and coauthor of the books A New Vision of Board Leadership (1994), Reinventing Your Board (Jossey-Bass, 1997), and the CarverGuide Series on Effective Board Governance (Jossey-Bass, 1996-1997).

Also by John Carver

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  • Boards That Make a Difference
    In this revised and updated third edition, Carver continues to debunk the entrenched beliefs and habits that hobble boards and replace them with his innovative approach to effective governance. This proven model offers an empowering and fundamental redesign of the board role and emphasizes values, vision, empowerment of both the board and staff, and strategic ability to lead leaders. Policy...
    Hardback
    $10499
    Available
    Ships in 3-4 weeks
  • Corporate Boards That Create Value
    In this work, John Carver and Caroline Oliver apply Carver's successful Policy Governance model to the governing of for-profit organizations. While most books on corporate governance focus on adding value to management, Carver reveals that board authority comes from one source - shareholders - therefore all board activities should be devoted to setting policy rules that answer to shareholders wishes.
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    Ships in 3-4 weeks
  • A Carver Policy Governance Guide, The Carver Policy Governance Guide Series on Board Leadership Set
    This set of six Carver Policy Governance Guides maps out Carver's innovative Policy Governance model and then takes readers through the essential elements of the model, which will transform boards into effective, responsible, highly functional bodies capable of doing their jobs to the utmost.
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