I posted an entry (the first of three installments) on 8 lessons learned in the 19 years since our board first learned about the Policy Governance (R) model of John Carver. This model is one way to approach the responsibilities of governance described on this site – A Framework to Governance. The first part deals with three lessons learned: Be wary of assumptions Change our mindset It’s all or nothing You can read this entry at policy.governance101.com Another successful model Read More …
Author: Bob Hughes
Servant Leadership, A Dual Role for Boards
In his 1977 book Servant Leadership Robert Greenleaf tells of a journey, and a man named Leo… …who accompanies the party as the servant who does their menial chores, but who also sustains them with his spirit and his song. He is a person of extraordinary presence. All goes well until Leo disappears. Then the group falls into disarray and the journey is abandoned. They cannot make it without the servant Leo. The narrator, one of the party, after some Read More …