Bill Charney explores how Board officers and association executives can lead boards to focus on results as their “true north.”

The Carver Model Explained: Why Policy Governance Still Matters for Modern Boards
Governance terminology evolves. New frameworks emerge. Trends come and go. Yet for more than three decades, one governance system has demonstrated unusual durability across nonprofit, healthcare, association, corporate, and governmental boards: the Carver Model. Better known today as Policy Governance, the Carver Model (developed by John Carver and introduced in his landmark book Boards That Make a Difference) remains one

