Board Governance and Leadership

Carver's Policy Governance™ crafts values into policies to empower board and staff. Boards learn to do what only boards can do: focus on outcomes and the future. Ends policies define mission: what needs are to be met, for whom, and at what cost. Executive limitations establish boundaries for means of implementation. Board-Executive linkage clarifies executive authority. Board processes determine specific board practices and board accountability. A diagram of Carver's policies Chait's Competencies of Effective Governing Boards Personal and Strategic Skills are more critical to board work than simply reflecting organizational functions among board members Chait's Board Skills Adding value by: talking about what matters most, thinking aloud with the ED, allowing experimentation, monitoring results. Board self-evaluation a first step toward observing what?s working and not working, assess strengths and weaknesses, and identify next steps toward greater accountability, efficiency, energy, and commitment, what brought members into the board room in the first place. Board self-assessment from the Corporate Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, free, http://www.thecorporatefund.org Board self-assessment, online, fee, http://www.boardsource.org "How Does Your board Measure Up?" fee, http://www.grassrootsfundraising.org Home Projects Strategic Planning Facilitation Work Smarter Fundraising Board Governance Clients Yellow Brick Road˙, PO Box 300, South Strafford VT 05070 USA 802 765-4743 voice ||| 802 765-4436 fax ||| anne@yellowbrickroadconsulting.com