Governance as Leadership
By Richard P. Chait, William P. Ryan and Barbara E. Taylor
Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2005
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Written by noted consultants and researchers attuned to the needs of practitioners, Governance as Leadership redefines nonprofit governance. It provides a powerful framework for a new covenant between trustees and executives: more macro governance in exchange for less micromanagement.

Informed by theories that have transformed the practice or organizational leadership, this book sheds new light on the traditional fiduciary and strategic work of the board and introduces a critical third dimension of effective trusteeship: generative governance. It serves boards as both a resource of fresh approaches to familiar territory and a lucid guide to important new territory, and provides a road map that leads nonprofit trustees and executives to governance as leadership.