The High-Performance Board

The High-Performance Board

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Boards bear ultimate authority and accountability for their organisations affairs. Yet, the performance and contributions of most boards are far from optimal. This book presents 64 explicit, precise and coherent benchmark principles designed to help boards reach optimal performance and enhance organisational success.

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The High-Performance Board by Dennis D Pointer

While boards acknowledge they bear ultimate responsibility and accountability for their organizations' affairs, governance quality is often far from optimal. The High- Performance Board offers pragmatic and candid advice about what your board must do to maximize performance and contributions. The authors provide sixty-four principles designed to help your board achieve peak performance. They describe every principle in detail and present best practices and practical applications for each one. Each section of the book concludes with a board check-up-a set of questions that can be used to assess your board in light of the principles. A quick read for busy board members, this book is the ultimate board "drivers' manual."
"What a terrific addition to the bookshelf for governing boards ofnonprofit organizations! It is clearly written, well organized, andhighly practical"
--Thomas P. Holland, professor and director, Institute forNonprofit Organizations University of Georgia School of Social Work

"I learned more about nonprofit governance from this book than Ihave serving on boards for fifteen years."
--Art Ulene, former NBC Today Show medical commentator anddirector, The Vitality Challenge

"Pointer and Orlikoff show how great boards can truly transformour institutions. This is an innovative guide for benchmarking andimproving governance."
--Marilyn Chapin Massey, president, Pitzer College, Claremont,California
Dennis D. Pointer has worked with more than four hundred clients asa consultant, retreat facilitator, and speaker. His firm, Dennis D.Pointer & Associates, provides governance consulting, retreatfacilitation, assessment, redesign, and development services tononprofit organizations, commercial corporations, and governmentagencies. He is vice president and partner, American Governance andLeadership group LLC. Pointer is also Hanlon Professor of HealthPolicy and Research, San Diego State University. He is also theAustin Ross Professor, Department of Health Services, School ofPublic Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington(Seattle).
James E. (Jamie) Orlikoff is president of Orlikoff and Associates,Inc., a firm specializing in governance improvement and leadershipdevelopment. He is executive director of the American Governanceand Leadership Group LLC and the national advisor on governance andleadership to the American Hospital Association. In these variouscapacities, he has worked with over six hundred organizations tostrengthen their governance effectiveness and efficiency. Orlikoffserves on the board of trustees of Pitzer College in Claremont,California.
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ISBN 13 9780787956974
ISBN 10 078795697X
Title The High-Performance Board
Author Dennis D Pointer
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Year published 2002-06-12
Number of pages 208
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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