Publisher's Synopsis
In this Carver Guide, the authors show how board members can be successful strategic leaders, willing to cherish diversity, strive for accountability, and pinpoint board positions, for the good of the organization. Your Roles and Responsibilities as a Board Member describes the essentials of the board member′s job, and relates the job to Carver′s Policy Governance model—which makes it possible to craft plans that define the essential areas of board job performance.
Your Roles and Responsibilities as a Board Member shows how to:
- Decide when a board meeting should be hands–on and when to be hands–off
- Represent the broad ownership of the organization, not a single consituency
- Honor divergent opinions without being intimidated by them
- Use every board member′s special expertise to help other members get a broader understanding of the issues
- Train yourselv to examine, question, and define the big picture
- Focus your energies on making a difference in the larger world rather than on managing your staff
- Tolerate issues that cannot be quickly settled
