Governance Articles

• What's Going On In The Kitchen? Summary: Using the analogy of a chef hired to create a birthday dinner, this article explains in simple language the basics of how the Policy Governance model works.
• Effective Linkage with Owners Summary: A brief description of issues related to connecting with the owners to whom a board is morally accountable.
• Policy Governance^® Principles: Clarity of Roles Summary: Why are the roles of board and management different?
• Policy Governance and Servant-Leadership Summary: A brief description of the key components of Servant-Leadership and a discussion of how using Policy Governance can be consistent with Servant-Leadership.
• Keeping Policy Governance Healthy When Board Members Change Summary: Short tips on selection and orientation for new board members.
• The Mythbusters Summary: Facts to counter the myths that say "Carver says, Don't have committees" and "The Carver model is too rigid".
• Pro-Active Agendas: From Mechanics to Excitement Summary: How to make your board agenda future-focused and meaningful rather than focusing on the mechanics of Policy Governance.
• Board Self-Evaluation Summary: The who, what, why, when, where and how of board self-evaluation in brief.
• Cleaning Up Your Bylaws Summary: Tips for creating meaningful, lean by-laws consistent with Policy Governance principles.

• On Scurvy, Elephants and Governance Vitamins Summary: Using the complementary "vitamins" of Servant-Leadership (the motivation vitamin) and the Policy Governace model (the conceptual integrity vitamin) to counteract the modern "scurvy" of corporate governance deficiencies.