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Book Title
The Practitioner's Guide to Governance as Leadership
Publication Name
Practitioner's Guide to Governance As Leadership : Building High-Performing Nonprofit Boards
Title
The Practitioner's Guide to Governance as Leadership
Subtitle
Building High-Performing Nonprofit Boards
Author
Cathy A. Trower
Format
Hardcover
EAN
9781118109878
ISBN
9781118109878
Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Genre
Business & Finance
Release Year
2013
Release Date
29/01/2013
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
7.4 in
Item Weight
21.7 Oz
Subject Area
Business & Economics
Subject
Leadership, Corporate Governance, Nonprofit Organizations & Charities / Management & Leadership, Nonprofit Organizations & Charities / General
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
272 Pages

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This book gives nonprofit board leaders a solid resource that shows how to achieve excellence and peak performance in the boardroom by fully realizing and putting into practice, tri-modal governance: proficiency in the three modes of governance (fiduciary, strategic and generative).

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Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
1118109872
ISBN-13
9781118109878
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117213369

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Practitioner's Guide to Governance As Leadership : Building High-Performing Nonprofit Boards
Publication Year
2012
Subject
Leadership, Corporate Governance, Nonprofit Organizations & Charities / Management & Leadership, Nonprofit Organizations & Charities / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Business & Economics
Author
Cathy A. Trower
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
21.7 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
7.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2012-033556
Illustrated
Yes
Lc Classification Number
Hd62.6
Table of Content
List of Exhibits, Figures, and Tables xiii Foreword xvii by Richard Chait Preface xxi CHAPTER 1: THE GOVERNANCE AS LEADERSHIP MODEL 1 Premises 2 Underlying Assumptions 2 Governance Reform 3 The Three Modes or Mental Maps 4 Why Three Modes? 14 CHAPTER 2: GETTING STARTED AND GAINING TRACTION WITH GOVERNANCE AS LEADERSHIP 21 What Is Optimized at Board Meetings? 22 What Is Different about Generative Governance? 22 Moving to Higher Purpose and Optimizing Performance: Beginning the Conversation 23 Moving to Higher Purpose and Optimizing Performance: Getting Started 26 Moving to Higher Purpose and Optimizing Performance: Getting Traction 33 CHAPTER 3: ENCOURAGING CRITICAL THINKING IN THE BOARDROOM 47 Critical Thinking and Metacognition 48 Getting on the Balcony 50 Ways of Thinking 51 Impediments to Critical Thinking 54 Cognitive Biases and Board Workarounds 62 Social Loafing 70 Groupthink 71 Avoiding Groupthink and Its Close Cousins 77 CHAPTER 4: TURNING YOUR BOARD INTO A HIGH-PERFORMING TEAM 85 Social Systems 86 Groups and Teams 87 Boards as Teams 89 Effective Board Teams in the Context of Governance as Leadership 91 CHAPTER 5: CREATING A GOVERNANCE-AS-LEADERSHIP CULTURE 125 Culture 126 Three Toxic Cultures 128 Culture Change 131 Culture Conducive to Governance as Leadership 132 Tools to Support a "Governance as Leadership-Friendly" Culture 143 CHAPTER 6: WHAT GOVERNANCE AS LEADERSHIP REQUIRES OF LEADERS 169 Leadership 170 CHAPTER 7: MEASURING AND SUSTAINING GOVERNANCE AS LEADERSHIP 187 Measuring Board Performance 188 Sustaining Governance as Leadership 211 EPILOGUE 215 REFERENCES 217 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 221 THE AUTHOR 227 BOARDSOURCE 229 INDEX 231
Copyright Date
2013

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