CarverGuide, Your Roles and Responsibilities as a Board Member (J-B Carver Board Governance Series)
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-offRepresent the broad ownership of the organization, not a single consituencyHonor divergent opinions without being intimidated by themUse every board member's special expertise to help other members get a broader understanding of the issuesTrain yourselv to examine, question, and define the big pictureFocus your energies on making a difference in the larger world rather than on managing your staffTolerate issues that cannot be quickly settled