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Bibliographies:
Miriam Carver

Books and Monographs

The Policy Governance Model and the Role of the Board Member. Co-authored with John Carver. Carver Policy Governance® Guide Series. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2009.

Ends and the Ownership. Co-authored with John Carver. Carver Policy Governance® Guide Series. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2009.

The Governance of Financial Management. Co-authored with John Carver. Carver Policy Governance® Guide Series. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2009.

Adjacent Leadership Roles: CGO and CEO. Co-authored with John Carver. Carver Policy Governance® Guide Series. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2009.

Evaluating CEO and Board Performance. Co-authored with John Carver. Carver Policy Governance® Guide Series. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2009.

Implementing Policy Governance and Staying on Track. Co-authored with John Carver. Carver Policy Governance® Guide Series. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2009.

The Board Member's Playbook: Using Policy Governance to Solve Problems, Make Decisions, and Build a Stronger Board. Miriam Carver and Bill Charney. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, January 2004.

Reinventing Your Board: A Step-by-Step Guide to Implementing Policy Governance. John Carver and Miriam Carver. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997; 2nd edition, 2006.

A New Vision of Board Leadership: Governing the Community College. John Carver and Miriam Carver. Washington: Association of Community College Trustees, 1994.

"Basic Principles of Policy Governance." The CarverGuide Series on Effective Board Governance. Booklets 1. John Carver and Miriam Carver. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1996/1997.

"Your Roles and Responsibilities as a Board Member." The CarverGuide Series on Effective Board Governance. Booklets 2. John Carver and Miriam Carver. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1996/1997.

"Making Diversity Meaningful in the Boardroom." The CarverGuide Series on Effective Board Governance. Booklets 9. John Carver and Miriam Carver. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1996/1997.

"The CEO Role Under Policy Governance." The CarverGuide Series on Effective Board Governance. Booklets 12. John Carver and Miriam Carver. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1996/1997.

Electronic Materials

The Policy Governance® Model: An Introduction by John and Miriam Carver. DVD featuring John and Miriam Carver. Ogdensburg, NY: International Policy Governance Association, 2008.

Articles

"The Future of Board Leadership," Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 130 (Nov-Dec 2013): 1, 8. Co-authored with John Carver.

"Evolution in Policy Governance Practice," Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 120 (Mar-Apr 2012): 1, 2, 8. Co-authored with John Carver.

"Avoiding 'Shall Not Fail To' Language in Executive Limitations Policies," Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 120 (Mar-Apr 2012): 4, 7.

"Approving Versus Monitoring: What is the Difference?" Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 120 (Mar-Apr 2012): 5, 8.

"Clarifying Boards' Relationship to CEOs' Interpretations," Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 118 (Nov-Dec 2011): 1, 2, 5. Co-authored with John Carver.

"Why is it so Important to put Board Decisions into the Policy Manual?" Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 111 (Sept-Oct 2010): 5. Co-authored with John Carver.

"Parroting John Carver vs. Preserving and Presenting the Logic," Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 111 (Sept-Oct 2010): 4.

"How Can We Banish Our Dominating CEO?" Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 110 (July-August 2010): 7.

"Should Monitoring Reports Be Made Available to Owners?" Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 107 (Jan-Feb 2010): 5.

"Ends Policies: A Review of Theory and Practice," Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 106 (Nov-Dec 2009): 1, 2, 8.

"Does Policy Governance Allow a Board to Refuse to Answer Questions Posed in a Public Meeting?" Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 105 (Sept-Oct 2009): 5.

"The Familiar Scene of a Board Asking for Public Input - About the Wrong Things," Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 104 (July-Aug 2009): 7-8.

"Repair the Infrastructure? What an idea!" Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 103 (May-June 2009): 1, 3.

"The New Carver Policy Governance Guides," Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 102 (Mar-Apr 2009): 1, 3.

"Worldwide Policy Governance," Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 101 (Jan-Feb 2009): 1, 3.

"The Big Issue!" Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 100 (Nov-Dec 2009): 1, 3.

"New Developments in Policy Governance," Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 99 (Sept-Oct 2008): 1, 3, 8. Co-authored with John Carver.

"I Know We're Supposed to Speak with One Voice as a Board, but how do we Prevent Board Members from Saying they Didn't Vote for a Decision the Board Ended Up Making?" Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 99 (Sept-Oct 2008): 7.

"Ten Questions to Ask When Invited to Join a Board," Nonprofit World. Vol. 26, 5 (Sept/Oct 2008): 20-22.

"Demonstrating CEO Performance in Small Organizations," Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 96 (Mar-Apr 2008): 1-2.

"The New CEO: How to Jeopardize Policy Governance," Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 95 (Jan-Feb 2008): 1, 3.

"The Folly of Abandoning a System When Times Get Tough," Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 94 (Nov-Dec 2007): 1-2

"Should All Board Instructions be Transferred to the Policy Manual?" Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 94 (Nov-Dec 2007): 4.

"Should Our CEO Be On the Board?" Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 93 (Sept-Oct 2007): 6.

"10 Questions for CEO Candidates to Ask During the Interview, Nonprofit World, Vol. 25, No. 3 (May/June 2007).

"Defining Purpose: Outputs, Not Activities," Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 91 (May-June 2007): 1-2.

"Auditing Governance Goes Way Beyond Accounting," The Account (published by The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountability of Northern Ireland), Issue 40, April 2007, pp. 5-8.  Co-authored with John Carver.

"Now Draw This!" Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 90 (March-April 2007): 1-2.

"The Board and the Internal Auditor,"  Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 90 (March-April 2007): 4,8. Co-authored with John Carver.

"Sharpening the Global Ends Policy," Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 88 (Nov-Dec, 2006): 1, 2, 7. Co-authored with John Carver.

"The Future Lies in Sound Governance Theory," Directors & Boards (4th Quarter, 2006): 95-96.  Co-authored with John Carver.

"The Big Deal About Boards," Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 85 (May-June 2006): 1, 3.

"Executive Limitations Policies: Two Errors to Avoid," Board Leadership: Policy Governance �in Action. Number 83 (Jan-Feb 2006): 1, 2, 8.

"How Do We Assess a Charity's Worthiness?" Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 81 (Sept-Oct, 2005): 1, 8.

"The Problem with Familiar Rituals" Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 80 (July-Aug 2005): 1, 5.

"Our Board is Self-Perpetuating. What is the Policy Governance Principle with Respect to How Long Board Terms Should Be?" Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 80 (July-Aug 2005): 7.

"Independent? From Whom?" Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 79 (May-June 2005): 5.

"Of Potted Plants and Governance." Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 76 (Nov-Dec 2004): 1, 3.

"Where Was the Board? Does it Matter?" Board Leadership: Policy Governance ®in Action. Number 75 (Sept-Oct 2004): 1, 3, 8.

"In Policy Governance, the Board is Supposed to Speak with One Voice to the CEO. Yet Our Board Relies to Some Extent on CEO Advice When We Make Our Decisions. Is this OK?" Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 75 (Sept-Oct 2004): 4, 8.

"When a Policy Governance Board Hires a New CEO, What Are Some Important Dos and Don'ts to Remember During the Hiring Process and the New CEO's Early Weeks?" Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 74 (July-Aug 2004): 4-5, 8.

"It Worries Me That in the Policy Governance System, the Board Gives a Huge Amount of Authority to the CEO. What Makes This OK?" Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 73 (May-June 2004): 6, 8.

"How To Tell Board Means from Staff Means." Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 73 (May-June 2004): 1-3, 8.  John Carver and Miriam Carver.

"Transforming the Governance of Local Government." IGNewsletter, Vol. 12 (November 2003): 4-5.

"Governance Rehearsal: A New Tool." Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action. Number 69 (Sept-Oct 2003):4.

"Speaking with One Voice: Words to Use and Not to Use." Nonprofit World. Vol. 18, 4 (July/August 2000):14-18.

"Enabling Boards to be Accountable for the Agency." Best Practices/Promising Practices. Vol. 3.3 (1998):10, Vol. 3.4 (1999):12, Vol. 4.1 (1999):12, Vol. 4.2 (1999):15. Atlanta: Georgia Academy.

"What is a CEO." Association Vol. 15, 4 (June/July 1998):18-20.

"The Board's Very Own Peter Principle." Nonprofit World Vol. 16, 1 (Jan./Feb. 1998):20-21.

"Governing the Child and Family-Serving Agency: Putting the Board in Charge." Georgia Academy Journal Vol. V, 4 (Spring 1998):8-11.

"Governance Isn't Ceremonial: It's a Real Job Requiring Real Skills." Board Leadership: A Bimonthly Workshop with John Carver no. 31:7. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997.

"Carver's Policy Governance Model in Nonprofit Organizations." Gouvernance: revue internationale (Canada) Vol 2, 1 (Winter 2001):30-48. Co-authored with John Carver. Published in French as "Le modèle Policy Governance et les organismes sans but lucrative."

"Meeting the Challenge: Credit Union Survival Calls for Strong Governance and Strong Management." Credit Union Management Vol. 22, 4 (April 1999):20-23. Co-authored with John Carver.

"Good to Go." Credit Union Management Vol. 22, 6 (June 1999):47-49. Co-authored with John Carver.

"A Finely Tuned Instrument." Credit Union Management Vol. 22, 7 (July 1999):54-56. Co-authored with John Carver.

"Governing (Not Managing) the Library." Indiana Libraries Vol. 17, 1 (1998):8-10. Co-authored with John Carver.


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